Education
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Ancient DNA suggests that biblical nemesis of Jews may have come from Greece
Is it possible that Goliath was a Greek? Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, seem to think so. Multiple excavations in …
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Mathitofrenia student newspaper: Stuck between cultures
Have you ever felt like you’ve been stuck in between cultures your whole life? Like all your life, you have only ever known one way of living and then once …
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Mathitofrenia student newspaper: Willing to live
I flew. The sun shone in my eyes, making it impossible to see far. The wind rustled my soft, waterproof feathers, as I swooped and dived, trying to lose my …
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Mobile phone use banned in Victorian state schools to reduce cyber bullying. But how effective will it really be?
When the bell rings to signal the start of term one at state schools across Victoria in 2020, students will be banned from using their phones until the end of …
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The haters of ξ, and the war to make it redundant
People petition about all sorts of matters, but who would have thought that the letter ‘xi’ would have so many enemies. Chad the math man from London, started a petition …
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‘We probed Santorini’s volcano with sound to learn what’s going on beneath the surface’
The island of Santorini in the Mediterranean has attracted people for millennia. Today, it feels magical to watch the sun set from cliffs over the deep bay, surrounded by cobalt …
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Greek Community of Melbourne launches children’s school holiday program
The Greek Community of Melbourne’s (GCM) much-loved children’s school holiday program is back next month. Situated at Alphington Grammar, the program designed by educators from the GCM’s language schools is …
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Homer and the story of a Greek Australian war hero at the Greek Centre
Phil Kafcaloudes, a journalism lecturer at RMIT, will present a lecture about Homer and the story of a Greek Australian war hero, on Thursday 27 June 2019, at the Greek …
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Celts may not have mimicked the Ancient Greeks in drinking habits as previously thought
The chemical analysis of fragments from a Bronge Aze drinking vessel in France today found that the early Celts had their own way of getting drunk by mimicking the Ancient …
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Multicultural Epirus: populations, languages and education during the last years of the Ottoman Empire
Dr Themistoklis Papadopoulos will present a lecture about multicultural Epirus during the last years of the Ottoman Empire, on Thursday 20 June, at the Greek Centre, as part of the …