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Sydney Ideas is the University of Sydney's premier public lecture series program, bringing the world

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Since COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) first emerged in December last year there’s been a lot of unc

We're talking about the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak and the social and political responses

Nano revolution

2020/2/18

Nanotechnology is unlocking new ways to understand human biology. Scientists expect discoveries in t

Do the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) outweigh the potential negative effects, in the cont

Australia and India have much to learn from each other, because while our economies are quite differ

Award-winning filmmaker Genevieve Clay-Smith has channelled her passion for social justice and desir

Bushfires, hurricanes, life-threatening heatwaves and floods have ravaged our planet in recent years

Indigenous children are still being removed from their families at increasing rates, despite the cle

Can calculus cure cancer?

2019/11/13

In her talk, Professor Helen Byrne (Oxford University) explains how mathematical models are being us

What does it mean to call a climate emergency? Military and security experts have warned that as tem

Andrew Denton and Dasho Kinley Dorji studied journalism together at Bathurst in NSW in the 1980s and

The world has gotten used to hearing 'America First', but is it ready for 'Asia First'? Leading glob

Labour expert Professor Shae McCrystal, and Walkley Award-winning journalists Pamela Williams and Qu

Arts, health and healing

2019/10/22

Why are the arts critical to public health? How can we embed creative practice into healthcare to im

What musical traditions do copyright laws protect and threaten? Do all musical cultures hold equal s

Hear experts, including the Brain and Mind Centre's Professor Adam Guastella, explore how we might c

Professor Chris Monroe is one of the world's foremost quantum technologists and he explains the rise

The promise of precision medicine is that it could offer better health outcomes by targeting patient

How do the harmful effects of chemicals go undetected, and what can we do to better protect against

How might understanding childhood development lead to genuinely intelligent machines? Young childr