Scholars in the media

‘Nerdiest football club on earth’: How the world’s top scholars made Aussie rules history
21 March 2025
Henry Marshall
Between them, Cambridge and Oxford have produced the most influential and celebrated thinkers, scientists, writers and leaders in world history. From Isaac Newton to Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde to Adam Smith.
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The female AI artists you need to know: Leonardo.AI
18 March 2025
Jessie Hughes
These AI artists are pushing the medium of AI while honouring the foundational principles of art and design, says Jessie Hughes, the senior creative technologist at Australian-founded Leonardo.AI.
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There’s no magic recipe’: From cricket to Harvard, Ryan Carters charts own path
6 September 2023
Ryan Carters
Ryan Carters walked through the doors of Harvard University and took a seat in a room full of the sharpest minds and deepest thinkers.
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International Space Station: how Nasa plans to destroy it – and the dangers involved
18 February 2022
Heather Muir
Nasa has announced plans for the International Space Station (ISS) to be officially decommissioned in 2031. After dozens of launches since 1998 got the station up and into orbit, bringing it down will be a feat of its own – the risks are serious if things go wrong.
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SpaceX: Crew Dragon is returning to Earth – here’s when to hold your breath
30 July 2020
Heather Muir
The Crew Dragon spacecraft, produced by private company SpaceX, is scheduled to return from the International Space Station (ISS) and splash down in the Atlantic ocean on August 2.
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