Radioactivity is dramatic. You can’t smell it, taste it, or see it. You may be powerless to avoid it. Nuclear history is a story of dramatic contrasts, of hope and tragedy.
Worldwide excitement over Marie…
Smash the system, not traffic lights.
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A fifth of Britain’s young people are out of work; how long before they snap?
The International Labour Organisation has recently issued warnings about possible youth unrest in the future, as young people…
It’s time for the National Museum to look to the future.
Sam Ilić
In an election year we need to remember that, in recent years in Australia, history has been the subject of fierce party politics, and we should spare a thought for our museum sector.
In 1996, at the…
Many solutions to the challenge of digital preservation have been developed or are in the pipeline.
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It’s estimated that in 2011 a truly staggering 1.8 zettabytes of digital information was created. Or to put it in more meaningful terms, that’s 57.5 billion 32-gigabyte iPads full.
Recent articles about…
Former Prime Minister John Howard is misinformed about the Australian history curriculum.
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There is a great deal of derogatory, evidence-free and ill-informed opinion about how history is taught in Australian schools. But these tired arguments are so often repeated that we can actually put them…
The history of the vibrator is improbable, with some fascinating milestones.
Giampaolo Squarcina
Vibrators have been causing a buzz for as long as they’ve existed: sometimes this happens behind closed doors, and sometimes in the public sphere. But as the new film Hysteria shows, there’s still fascination…
The amateur radio satellite, Australis Oscar V, is an important part of our spacefaring history.
Alice Gorman
A few weeks ago astronauts on the International Space Station hid in escape capsules following concerns a piece of space junk was going to collide with the station.
The collision didn’t eventuate but…
“Hipsters” are mocked at the moment, but do we even know who they really are?
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The term “hipster” has become increasingly prominent in Australia’s urban lexicon this year. Even the Sydney Morning Herald has caught on, writing about “Hipster Housing”, featuring a young bespectacled…
The All Blacks' haka is culturally important for everyone in New Zealand.
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RUGBY WORLD CUP – When New Zealand’s All Blacks take on France in the final tonight, they will be proud to perform a haka. They’ve taken some criticism for it in the past, but, as André Brett of the University…
