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THE GUARDIAN

‘Mind-blowing’: inside the highest human-occupied ice age site found in Australia

New scientific evidence has revealed people lived in the shelter during the last ice age 20,000 years ago, when the high country was treeless, frozen and – until now – believed to be too hostile for human habitation.

ABC

Soccer heading can alter brain chemistry, new research shows

A study by researchers at the University of Sydney and Griffith University indicates soccer heading has a subtle effect on the brain even when there's no concussion and cognitive impairment detected.

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

What it takes to master ‘the best job in the world’

Benjamin Northey has spent two decades leading major orchestras. Now he has been appointed inaugural professor of conducting at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.