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Distinguished Prof Susan Scott has always been fas

Distinguished Prof Susan Scott has always been fascinated by gravity and the unknown.

“When I was a small child, humans first landed on the moon,” she says.

“I remember watching that on the black-and-white television and seeing the astronauts leaping around, and I was fascinated by the differences in gravity between the moon and earth.

“As time went on, I got more and more interested.”

Her curiosity has held her in good stead; she was recently awarded the prestigious George Szekeres Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society.

To read more about Susan's incredible story, visit our website at citynews.com.au or click the link in our bio! 🔭✨

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Canberra’s woodchopping association – the Hall

Canberra’s woodchopping association – the Hall and District Axemen’s Club – is rebranding to Capital Country Woodchopping.

“We didn’t want to be exclusively a Canberra association and we deliberately left any gender-specific wording out in the new name,” says president Cheyanne Girvan, 32.

“We also went a different [way] to other associations under NSW by not including ‘association’ in our name.”

Four years ago the Hall and District Axemen’s club’s membership was 25.

Cheyanne says this name change will give the club the versatility to grow into other areas and on to greater things.

To read on about Cheyanne's story with the woodchoppers, visit our website at citynews.com.au or click the link in our bio!

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It’s a far cry from her days as a flaming redhea

It’s a far cry from her days as a flaming redhead treading the stage in Thoroughly Modern Millie for Canberra Philo in 2008, but Georgia Pike-Rowney is playing a vital role in leading and promoting one of the ANU’s treasures – its Classics Museum.

Pike-Rowney’s contract as the lecturer in classics and curator of the ANU Classics Museum since 2022 has been extended until July 2026, thanks to contributions from the very active Friends of the ANU Classics Museum, who hold regular talks, functions and walk-throughs of the priceless objects collected by the university since 1962.

The announcement of her extension came just in the nick of time, as the ANU’s general refurbishment necessitated Pike and her colleagues packing the entire collection out.

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The most rapid hair greying usually happens betwee

The most rapid hair greying usually happens between ages 50 and 60. But does anything we do speed up the process? And is there anything we can do to slow it down? Here’s the science.

Pick up this latest edition of Canberra CityNews from around Canberra or visit citynews.com.au to read all about the Canberra’s woodchopper cover girls!

📷 Elizabeth Kovacs

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Kicking off the New Year with another Dose of Dori

Kicking off the New Year with another Dose of Dorin!

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