Under the Microscope
Arts & Culture
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What remains of a performance when the curtain goes down?
Archives are an incomplete but important record of dance and theatre, and the history and artistry of University of Melbourne students is being revisited through these ‘remains’
Environment
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From diet to climate, our fertility is at risk
A childhood fascination with the family dairy farm led Associate Professor Mark Green to a career in reproductive biology
Sciences & Technology
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Taking Indigenous Australia to NASA
Tully Mahr is one of five Australians heading to an internship with NASA, where the 21-year-old will spend three months researching life’s origins and planet habitability
Sciences & Technology
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Healing wounds with differential equations
Professor Jennifer Flegg uses mathematics to solve biological problems like wound healing and infectious diseases
Sciences & Technology
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From art restorer to DNA explorer
Torn between fine art and science, Associate Professor Elizabeth Hinde tried both, before finding her dream role in studying the nuclear architecture of living cells
Sciences & Technology
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The palaeontology field keeps you on your toes
Palaeontologist Dr Vera Korasidis was torn between becoming a ballerina or unearthing fossils. Fresh from a dig in Wyoming’s Badlands, she knows she made the right choice
Sciences & Technology
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A sustainable future for women in science
After a career break, Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini is now researching forests that grew in Antarctica around 56 million years ago, providing important data for Earth’s future climate
Politics & Society
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Adjudicating international disputes
International law expert and Laureate Professor Hilary Charlesworth has been elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice – the first Australian woman in the United Nations body
Environment
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Cultivating inclusive research
Being outside of the mainstream helped guide Dr Andrea Rawluk onto a path of research that asks us to challenge the status quo to integrate the environment and society