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October 12, 2022

By Brendan Hitchens Published on October 12, 2022 In an increasingly complex world of pandemics, wars, political tensions and climate struggles, how can we give young people the global competencies, skills, values and knowledge to help them navigate these issues? More specifically, while forces try to divide us, what are the concepts and subjects that bring us together? And how can educators harness shared human experiences in a classroom to help grow our kids’ global citizenship?

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The reckoning of Gillard’s misogyny speech

October 12, 2022

By Dr Julia Bowes Published on October 12, 2022 This week marks 10 years since former Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered her famous misogyny speech. Now synonymous with her legacy, it vaulted Gillard into the stratosphere of global viral content, inspiring hundreds of thousands of women and girls around the world. WATCH: Then Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s 2012 speech. Video: ABC/YouTubeAs we consider the significance of that moment, there is no need to put the former PM on a pedestal.

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Fixing the blind spot in nuclear inspections

September 20, 2022

By Dr Trevor Findlay Published on September 20, 2022 When inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) returned to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War, they were shocked by what they found. Iraq had come much closer to developing nuclear weapons than they had suspected. The remains of a facility used for Iraq’s clandestine nuclear weapons program. Picture: Action Team 1991-1998/IAEAIt had built an entire parallel nuclear fuel cycle separate from, but in close proximity to, the installations and materials declared to and inspected by the Agency.

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How remote work is invading our spaces

September 16, 2022

By Shaun Busuttil Published on September 16, 2022 COVID-19 sent shock waves that reverberated through most, if not all, our social, political and economic institutions – dismantling some and reconfiguring others. In Australia, like the rest of the world, the government was tasked with the difficult balancing act of managing a public health crisis without shutting down the entire economy. During COVID-19 lockdowns, our homes suddenly became our place of work.

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Understanding how a cell becomes a person - with maths

September 15, 2022

By Dr Lucy Ham Published on September 15, 2022 We all start from a single cell, the fertilised egg. From this cell, through a process involving cell division, cell differentiation and cell death a human being takes shape, ultimately made up of over 37 trillion cells across hundreds or thousands of different cell types. While we broadly understand many aspects of this developmental process, we do not know many of the details.

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