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Summer 2000 Surfing the galaxies Thanks to 1996 Rolex Laureate Gilbert Clark, tens of thousands of students are metaphorically piloting their own spaceships, exploring the heavens via telescopes made available through the Telescopes in Education (TIE) programme. Masterminded by Clark, TIE enables students of all ages anywhere in the world to operate state-of-the-art telescopes via computer, which means they can download images of the night sky on the other side of the world. The TIE infrastructure is expanding, creating exciting new opportunities for these young people who are discovering that science can be both enlightening and fun. Trees for life Where some people see hundreds of trees, Mario Robles del Moral and his Forests of the Earth organisation see millions. The former Spanish nurse turned environmental crusader is spear-heading an ambitious new reforestation programme of global proportions that combines education with management skills and is expected to result in a green path of trees around the world. Saving the mighty condor An innovative captive breeding process, educational initiatives and new satellite tracking methods introduced by Argentinean biologist Norberto Luís Jácome are helping to save the Andean condor, the world’s largest flying bird, from extinction. Not only is Jácome able to breed and track the condors, he is gathering important new information about the behaviour of these legendary birds. Tribute to André J. Heiniger Former Selection Committee member and distinguished British chemist Mary Archer pays tribute to the late André J. Heiniger, steward of Rolex’s success over 50 years and creator of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise. In Brief Short updates on past Rolex Award Laureates, Associate Laureates and Honourable Mention recipients. | 
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