An Oasis In The Big Dry, Nhill Show Goes On

THERE have been droughts here before and there will be again - sure as eggs - but the show must go on.

In Blink Of An Eye, Aussies Win Open And Shutter Case

AUSTRALIAN scientists, take a bow. In 2001, we won the technology prize for patenting the wheel. In 2003, we won the physics prize for a study entitled An analysis of the forces required to drag sheep over various surfaces. And this year we won the mathematics prize - for figuring how many group photos need to be taken to be confident there's at least one where no one is blinking.