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Lumen readers' prize - Exploring the future issue

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Your chance to win wine.

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From flower fields to deep space

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How a common backyard daisy is helping to fight cancer.

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Fast forward to the future

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Very soon, we can expect hyper-immersive viewing experiences through developments in virtual reality and augmented reality.

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World News - Exploring the future

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Here, three of our special “foreign correspondents” report back to Lumen to share their stories.

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News in brief - exploring the future

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Recent media stories illustrate the breadth of our research — ranging from backyard chickens to lunar rovers.

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Farewell to Lumen

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Lumen took its name from the words on the crest of the University of Adelaide – Sub Cruce Lumen. Now it will take its place in our shared history as Adelaide University moves us forward to our future.

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Letters to the editor - Exploring the future

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Your thoughts and contest entries. 

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A new seat of power

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The truth of how a toilet came to be cemented into place in front of Parliament House on North Terrace on Prosh Day, 7 August 1970 is revealed.

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On futures passed

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It used to be said that history is written by the victors; these days it seems to me it is mostly written by the Oscar winners, at least outside of universities. 

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The future of death

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Is death still the end? Or does advancing technology provide us, already, with ways to live on?

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