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Professor Cook and his fantastic voyage
Professor Chris Cook has seen the Ƶapp of Ƶapp transform from “a carpark, an oval, a pond and a couple of buildings” into a world-class institution.
Get up and move to improve children's learning
What if increasing the amount of physical activity each day could improve children's learning?
A garden to call home
For years, the block in Mildura sat unused. A mess of weeds and unruly plants was slowly consuming the land.
Timbers with a sustainable timbre
From concert halls and recording studios to factories, sawmills and forests, Ƶapp of Ƶapp (UOW) researchers Professor Chris Gibson and Dr Andrew Warren have been documenting this change by following guitar timbers back to the tree.
Why true crime captivates
On 17 June, 1994, Dominos Pizza sales hit a then record high. Not because of a genius marketing campaign or a special offer - it was because of our fascination with crime.
The rise of competitive parenting
Back at the start of her career, Dr Elisabeth Duursma used to visit low-income families in rural Vermont, in the United States. She would watch how the mothers and children played together, but then she noticed that the fathers would be hovering at the back. They were curious, but not taking part.