The Doris Huestis Speirs Award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding lifetime contributions to Canadian ornithology. In 2017. the award went to Professor David Bird who is Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology and Director of the Avian Science and Conservation Centre of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Research research by Martin Gardiner
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Invention priority? Hurtubise, Brown, and their arms
“I learned the hard way that there’s no bear spray that will stop a bear.” So says Troy Hurtubise in this old video (below) where he demonstrates some of his advanced technology. Today comes word that a man named David Brown was awarded a 2011 Invention Award for his crime-fighting armored glove. At a glance, […]
Little girls at prize ceremonies: Contrasts
Euronews reports that a brand-newly created prize, the Confucius Prize, was hastily awarded this week at a ceremony in Beijing, possibly by the Chinese government, possibly not. Euronews says that the winner says he was unaware he was winning something, and thus did not appear at the ceremony. And so, says the report, the prize […]