Self Improvement Wednesday
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Subscribers: 63
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Episodes: 100
Dennis Murray
Nov 8, 2023
A short but well presented podcast that covers a wide range of fascinating topics including science, nature, culture and history. Definitely worth a listen.
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A weekly lesson on a specific topic with some of Sydney's greatest teachers.
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What I Learned Watching 1000 Christmas Movies
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Trench Warfare on Sydney's Footpaths
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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How to party: Ancient Roman style
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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What can the ancient Egyptians teach us about good manners?
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: The incredible story of the sawfly fossil
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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The Ancient Ferns sitting in your garden
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Why Multitasking is a Myth
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: How to be a citizen scientist
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: How to explore deep caves
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Urban rewilding
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: How to Appreciate Poetry
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Biofluoresence
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: The history of Australian drama
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Science, the art of failing
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: How to read a novel
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: What to eat when you've got arthritis
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: The mystery of the "mutant" tree frog
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Why ants make good doctors
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Self-Improvement Wednesday: discovering Sydney's backyard bandicoots
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Is your smart phone making you dumb?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Volcanoes in Art and Culture with Associate Professor Heather Handley
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Big Bad Banksias
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Two 'whistling' frogs new to science
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Climate Change Adaptation
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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How Bugs can harm AND help us
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Krakatoa 1883 - The eruption heard around the world
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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The Battle of Long Tan
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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The global importance of moss
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Whales might be just as curious as us
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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The science behind plant based milks
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May 17, 2023 |
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In the face of the Sun – the upcoming solar eclipse
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Tracking wildlife: from birds to platypus
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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So You Want to be a Scientist?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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A Focus on the Fabulous Fig
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Australia's most beautiful bugs
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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How were the moons of Mars formed?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Could a volcano pop up in your own backyard?
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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How did women live in early human society?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Thecla, Found Families and Philosophy
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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The plant destroyer
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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How do trees respond to climate change?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Why is the Mediterranean diet so good?
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Who were the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence?
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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A Masterclass in Memory
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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How and why we count our wildlife
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Life on Mars? It could be possible
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Ngarigo - Living in the Snowy Mountains for 20,000 years.
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Co-infections: How pathogens work together in the human body
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Captain Thunderbolt, the Gentleman Bushranger
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May 25, 2022 |
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The Invertebrate Workforce
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May 18, 2022 |
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Who is Migaloo?
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May 11, 2022 |
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How do stalagmites and stalactites form?
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May 04, 2022 |
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Turtles with a bite! Meet a baby Alligator Snapping Turtle
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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The dangers of consuming too much salt
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Orchids: masters of deception
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Public transport as a public space
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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The lines of succession to the British Throne
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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The extra lives of the Roman poet, Virgil
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Why do bugs invade my home when it rains?
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Bushrangers Of The Sydney Region
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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The wonderful world of the waratah
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Australia's Fiery Volcanic Past
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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What is a trojan asteroid?
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Checking the pulse of the environment - how do we measure it?
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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The wonderful world of the waratah
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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The enduring popularity of long-running radio series Blue Hills
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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The fascinating life of the leaf-curling spider
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Do you know the story of Jesus' birth?
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Meet Eastern Australia's Two Newest Frog Species
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Dogs of Antiquity
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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The Order of Adjectives in the English Language
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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The Journey of a Water Molecule through a tree
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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How to build healthier, livelier cities.
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream. Why the play is much darker than is commonly supposed
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Australia's Astronomer-at-Large, Fred Watson, on whether or not Sodom and Gomorrah were really destroyed by an asteroid.
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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What is the Alligator Snapping Turtle?
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday. Scanning human remains at Pompeii.
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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"Here be dragons": The numbers and sequences we know, and those we don't
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Somewheres and Anywheres
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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How music heightens your emotions
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Plants get sick too: the pandemic facing some Aussie natives
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday. The Pygmy Blue Whale.
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Smoke and seeds
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: The Art of Dale Harding
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: A short history of dog training
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: revitalising an ancient Aboriginal snow song
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: how does language shape the way you think?
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: how outdoor advertising is reshaping our cities
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: Finding black holes with warped space
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: Archimedes' Eureka and other moments
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May 26, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: How to Think Like a Landscape Architect
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May 12, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: Which frogs survive best in human environments?
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May 05, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: Floods on the Hawkesbury
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Bees need flowers but flowers need bees, so who came first?
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Human-Wildlife Conflict
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: the influence of Aristotle
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: What's the point of Hamlet?
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Self Improvement Wednesday: Artemisia Gentileschi
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Self Improvement: The Wood Wide Web
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Mar 10, 2021 |