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The Rolex Awards celebrate enterprising individuals who take on major challenges to improve lives or protect the planet
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Read moreNational Geographic Emerging ExplorerMaritza Morales Casanova, 2012 Young LaureateMaritza Morales Casanova, a Mexican environmentalist and 2012 Rolex Young Laureate, has been chosen by National Geographic as one of 14 Emerging Explorers for 2014.
Read moreFrom cleaning art to nuclear power stationsJohn Fredrich Asmus, 1990 LaureateThe enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa and the entombed imperial army of Chin Shehuang may one day play their parts in helping to lift a 10,000-year curse from humanity – the plague of nuclear contamination.
Read moreRolex Laureate tackles health threat from cooking firesTim Bauer, 2008 LaureateLaureate Tim Bauer and two colleagues at social enterprise Envirofit International are tackling a major public health issue by manufacturing clean-burning affordable cookstoves.
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