Volume 46 Number 4
Volume 46 Number 4

Editor's picks

ANU Research School of Chemistry Director Dr John Carver with his son John in front of the John Carver Building.

Carver-ing out a niche in history

What’s in a name? A procession of John Carvers has helped shape ANU and Australian science for decades, as DR PHIL DOOLEY, BSc (Hons) ’90, PhD ’99 explains.
European archaeology lecture Dr Catherine Frieman. Photo by Stuart Hay.

Inside the classroom: Dr Catherine Frieman

Take a few minutes with European archaeology lecturer DR CATHERINE FRIEMAN, from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Molly Townes O'Brien and Dr Charley Lineweaver. Photo by Stuart Hay.

The law in our stars

It was like the movie Casablanca. In 1979, young astronomer CHARLEY LINEWEAVER and lawyer MOLLY TOWNES O’BRIEN met in the cafeteria at Brown University in the US.
A robot. Photo: Flickr.

What happens when artificial intelligence goes wrong?

If Skynet of The Terminator movies is going to exterminate us, then it seems pretty tame - if not pointless - to start discussing regulation and liability.

In the world

The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU.
Scientists are under a lot of pressure to perform.
US President Barack Obama.
Kumpaya Girgaba, Martumili Artists, Kaninjaku, 2008, acrylic on canvas.

In their words

Notes left at the War and Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Sulamith Graefenstein.
Inspiring reactions at Science Circus Africa
A Federal Government initiative, Harmony Day, aims to help the integration of migrants.
Colourful Indian saris. Photo courtesy Flikr.
ANU Professor John Powers spoke at the National Press Club. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Julia Gillard was Australia's first female Prime Minister.
Yoga.
Chinese society is shifting to accept LGBTI marriage, says Nick Horton.
Associate Professor Steve Robson.
Outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young AO.
Aung Kyaw Myint in front of The Chancelry in the early 1980s.
The ANU friend I'll never forget. Photo by Stuart Hay.

Feature stories

Dorothy Hoddinott is Principal of Holroyd High School in Sydney.
Australia and Indonesia's relationship is important, despite recent rocky times.
Shell Questacon Science Circus students visit remote towns across Australia as part of their ANU degree. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Professor Brian Schmidt AC and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Photo by Stuart Hay.
A national stargazing event organised by ANU has won a second Guinness World Record for Australia. Image: James Grubel
Sarah Bourke and Tjabal Centre Director Ann Martin. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary general manager Jason Cummings releases a bettong in at Mulligan's Flat.
The reimagined Union Court and Sullivans Creek. Photo supplied.
Dr Inge Kral and Elizabeth Ellis in Western Australia.
Emeritus Professor Ross Taylor at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex. Photo by Stuart Hay.
The former Canberra High School building in 1949-1950. Photo courtesy of ANU Archives.
John Olsen, Somus, gouache and oil pastel on paper on board, 1966-67, ANU Collection. Photo by Stuart Hay.
ANU Reporter from 28 April 1989.

One more word

Vietnam as if... by Dr Kim Huynh.
A Bex. Photo courtesy of the University of New South Wales.
HC 'Nugget' Coombs with former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1981.

In the world

The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU.
Scientists are under a lot of pressure to perform.
US President Barack Obama.
Kumpaya Girgaba, Martumili Artists, Kaninjaku, 2008, acrylic on canvas.

In their words

Notes left at the War and Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Sulamith Graefenstein.
Inspiring reactions at Science Circus Africa
A Federal Government initiative, Harmony Day, aims to help the integration of migrants.
Colourful Indian saris. Photo courtesy Flikr.
ANU Professor John Powers spoke at the National Press Club. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Julia Gillard was Australia's first female Prime Minister.
Yoga.
Chinese society is shifting to accept LGBTI marriage, says Nick Horton.
Associate Professor Steve Robson.
Outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young AO.
Aung Kyaw Myint in front of The Chancelry in the early 1980s.
The ANU friend I'll never forget. Photo by Stuart Hay.

Feature stories

Dorothy Hoddinott is Principal of Holroyd High School in Sydney.
Australia and Indonesia's relationship is important, despite recent rocky times.
Shell Questacon Science Circus students visit remote towns across Australia as part of their ANU degree. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Professor Brian Schmidt AC and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Photo by Stuart Hay.
A national stargazing event organised by ANU has won a second Guinness World Record for Australia. Image: James Grubel
Sarah Bourke and Tjabal Centre Director Ann Martin. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary general manager Jason Cummings releases a bettong in at Mulligan's Flat.
The reimagined Union Court and Sullivans Creek. Photo supplied.
Dr Inge Kral and Elizabeth Ellis in Western Australia.
Emeritus Professor Ross Taylor at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex. Photo by Stuart Hay.
The former Canberra High School building in 1949-1950. Photo courtesy of ANU Archives.
John Olsen, Somus, gouache and oil pastel on paper on board, 1966-67, ANU Collection. Photo by Stuart Hay.
ANU Reporter from 28 April 1989.

One more word

Vietnam as if... by Dr Kim Huynh.
A Bex. Photo courtesy of the University of New South Wales.
HC 'Nugget' Coombs with former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1981.