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Thursday 30 April 2026
Spray-on skin pioneer Fiona Wood to speak at UOW on innovation in skin regeneration
Read more about Spray-on skin pioneer Fiona Wood to speak at UOW on innovation in skin regenerationThursday 30 April 2026
Eight UOW students awarded prestigious Westpac Scholarships
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Health and Medicine
The science behind a freediver’s 29-minute breath hold world record
How do freedivers delay a basic human survival response and how was Vitomir Maričić able to hold his breath 60 times longer than most people?
Arts and Culture
How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s
The introduction of television in Australia in 1956 coincided with mass post-war immigration, initially from Britain and Europe, and later from Asia, the Americas and Africa. Both played a significant role in forming modern society.
Arts and Culture
From Lahore to Sydney, a Muslim feminist’s debut novel rebels against the suffocation of safety
The genre of migrant autofiction, especially coming-of-age work, is blooming, but Raaza Jamshed’s book stands out.
Arts and Culture
A dreamscape of transcendental potential: Rhett Davis’ Arborescence is at once terrifying and bewitching
Davis addresses all the big-ticket concerns of our time: artificial intelligence, ecological disaster, societal decay, colonial culpability and overconsumption
Health and Medicine
Could a ‘cortisol cocktail’ really reduce stress and boost energy?
Proponents claim the drink can lower high cortisol levels and help with “adrenal fatigue”
Business and Economy
Australian farmland values are at lofty heights. Research reveals this could be hurting some farmers
Higher profits lifts farmland prices but those higher prices eventually squeeze profitability, with serious implications for farm business viability