Nuclear power could be the best way to a clean energy future and to mitigate climate change. Photo: Ralph Orlowski Australia's 12th and most recent Nobel prize winner, Professor Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University, has recently emphasised the vital role that science and technology must play in shaping public policy. He declared that ''I think that science should inform public policy which should then accept it as a most important input''. He then went on to state that ''I would like politicians to reflect on the consensus of what scientists are saying … I think it is very easy for policy makers to start debating scientific issues which they are ill-equipped to deal...
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