Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Over the last couple of decades there has been a dedicated push to encourage more women and girls to study science, and yet science still remains a male dominated field. Less than 30% of researchers are women and only 30% of girls choose to … Continue reading Women and Girls in Science
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The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank
Image by carlosftw - pixabay No one is spared. The sick, the elderly, the children, babies and pregnant women - all are marched to their deaths. Anne Frank, Nov 1942 Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day in 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Auschwitz, as well as Dachau, Buchenwald and … Continue reading The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank
Being Australian
Today is the 26th of January. It is also known as Invasion Day, Aboriginal Day of Mourning, Survival Day, Australia Day. It means different things to different people. Some see it as a commemoration of the arrival of the First Fleet. For Indigenous Australians it is a painful day as they remember the impact of … Continue reading Being Australian
Living on the Downs 