Biomedical scientist named Australian of the Year
A biomedical scientist involved in breakthrough treatments of spinal cord injuries was named 2017 Australian of the Year at a ceremony in Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday night. Queenslander Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim is an international leader in stem cell research and his work played a central role in the world’s first successful restoration of […]
AUSTRALIA DAY: IMAGES OF THE ‘LAND DOWNUNDER’
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BOOKS: HELPING TEENS NAVIGATE THE CHOPPY WATERS OF ADOLESCENCE
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AMBITION
Being the ambitious type I used to be confused about ambition. People would even chide me for ‘trying harder to be better!’ AMBITIOUS?: Paul Clark says ambition itself is “neutral” but when driven by ego is destructive. PICTURE: Rafael Velasquez/www.freeimages.com It struck me that there was something bad about ambition, yet without it nothing much […]
US missionary receives award for ‘changing hearts’ among Colombia’s FARC
World Watch Monitor An American missionary has received an award for his decades of work ministering to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC, whose 50-year fight against the government had been the world’s longest continuous war when it ended in a peace agreement last August. Russell Stendal has been in Colombia for over half […]