Lumen Stories /lumen/ en A matter of life or death /lumen/news/list/2025/02/11/a-matter-of-life-or-death <p>Life is short. Three words used widely as a call to action to live large and unashamedly take opportunities. It’s also a statement of fact, and for researchers, a never-ending challenge to find new ways to push healthy boundaries at both ends of human life.</p> February 27 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/02/11/a-matter-of-life-or-death Lumen readers' prize - The time issue /lumen/news/list/2024/09/10/lumen-readers-prize-the-time-issue <p>Your chance to win wine and books.</p> February 26 2025 Lachlan Wallace /lumen/news/list/2024/09/10/lumen-readers-prize-the-time-issue Exclusive event: Lumen Live! The FJ and the footbridge /lumen/news/list/2025/03/04/exclusive-event-lumen-live-the-fj-and-the-footbridge <p><span><span><span>Meet the people behind the iconic Uni prank.</span></span></span></p> February 25 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/03/04/exclusive-event-lumen-live-the-fj-and-the-footbridge Time of the crime /lumen/news/list/2025/02/11/time-of-the-crime <p>The time of death isn't quite as simple as lawyers and 'whodunnit' writers suggest. We take you to the scene of the crime.</p> February 24 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/02/11/time-of-the-crime News in brief - The time issue /lumen/news/list/2025/02/13/news-in-brief-the-time-issue <p>The true origins of Stonehenge - just one of the thousands of media stories generated by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide receiving international attention.</p> February 13 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/02/13/news-in-brief-the-time-issue The music between the notes /lumen/news/list/2025/02/13/the-music-between-the-notes <p>Anna Goldsworthy writes for Lumen on how an ageing metronome still links her to her past.</p> February 26 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/02/13/the-music-between-the-notes The speed of time /lumen/news/list/2025/02/13/the-speed-of-time <p>For an athlete, time is often the toughest opponent. Olympian and honoured alum Amber Halliday knows this all too well. As one of the world’s best rowers, her challenge wasn’t only how to shave milliseconds off the clock, but also how to find the time to train. </p> February 25 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/02/13/the-speed-of-time The student and the centenarian /lumen/news/list/2025/02/13/the-student-and-the-centenarian <p>Tempus fugit. Differing perceptions of time.</p> February 23 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/02/13/the-student-and-the-centenarian The time issue /lumen/news/list/2025/02/21/the-time-issue <p>In this issue of Lumen, we explore time. Crime. Medical research. Physics. Philosophy. Sport. Literature. Music. They all have a unique relationship with time. Plus, we reveal those behind another legendary Uni prank!</p> February 21 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/02/21/the-time-issue The (non?)existence and (un?)importance of time /lumen/news/list/2025/02/11/the-nonexistence-and-unimportance-of-time <p>A philosopher and a physicist debate time.</p> February 15 2025 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2025/02/11/the-nonexistence-and-unimportance-of-time