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Thursday 11 June 2026
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Environment and Energy
Trees, the ancient Macedonians, and the world's first environmental disaster
Lake sediment tells an ancient story of trees, soil – and disaster.Â
Law, Politics and Society
Online tools can help people in disasters, but do they represent everyone?
Crowdsourced mapping and social media can help people understand and respond to a crisis, but don’t always include information provided from all sections of a community at risk.
Education
Students journey into the deep past at Lake Mungo
Hands-on lessons in 50,000 years of Aboriginal heritage at Mungo Youth Project
Science and Technology
UOW geologist one of ABC’s Top 5 Scientists for 2019
Dr Dominique Tanner researching how precious metals are concentrated in undersea volcanoes
Arts and Culture
Top nod to UOW podcaster
Journalism academic awarded for ‘wrong skin’
Health and Medicine
This is what happens to a baby's body during birth
Delivering a human baby – which has a large, highly developed brain – is risky for mother and baby