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  • How an artificial reef under the Opera House has helped transform Sydney Harbour

    This World Oceans Day, meet the diving force behind the Opera House’s underwater revolution. Not many people can claim to have dived beneath the Sydney Opera House, but these two marine ecologists from the University of Technology Sydney sure can.

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    Reef starting to grow on the artificial reef pods made with marine-grade steel.

  • 5 post-apocalypse movies to watch after Mad Max: Fury Road

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    So, you’ve just watched Creating the Apocalypse - In Conversation with George Miller and re-watched Mad Max: Fury Road, and now you’re left hankering for more gas-guzzling carnage. Here are 5 post-apocalyptic movies that will keep those cravings at bay.

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  • 5 Sydney Opera House near misses (in the movies)

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    From killer sea creatures to crashing UFOs, the Sydney Opera House has been threatened in the most imaginative and unexpected ways. Here are just a few of our close calls.

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  • 50th anniversary report

    This report documents the sweep of activities presented as part of the Opera House’s 50th anniversary year, online and on site.

  • The unique Aussie artists that should be on your radar

    Looking to discover the best independent artists that push the boundaries of culture, teeter on the edge of conventional and offer us a breath of fresh air? Our ongoing series, UnWrapped, is just that. Handing over the stage to Australia's most groundbreaking artists

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  • Why your next computer may be a lab-grown brain

    We interview Dr Brett Kagan, Chief Scientific Officer at Cortical Labs, a Melbourne-based biological computing startup trying to revolutionise the AI industry by replacing current computer chip technology with biological alternatives, offering far more processing power for significantly less energy usage.

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    Yellow purple and red cortical cells spread out against a dark background grown by Cortical Labs Melbourne

  • There’s Something in the Wata

    Paul Grabowsky has spent two decades exploring ways to combine ‘Western’ musical tradition with the traditions of the world’s oldest-continuing culture. With Wata, which receives its Sydney premiere this July, he has arrived somewhere new, old, familiar and unique all at the same time.

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  • How to spend 24 hours in Sydney

    Join us as we spend a day in Australia’s beautiful city.

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    Jacaranda trees in full bloom in Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

  • Opera House posters: Hidden gems

    The Sydney Opera House has a lasting legacy of working with Australian artists to colourfully express the variety of performances under the sails.

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    A collection of five posters on a white wall.

  • A career in sails: Leonie Bell

    Leonie Bell started her career at the Sydney Opera House as a chef-apprentice for Bennelong Restaurant when she was 15 years old. Three years later she was in prime position to experience Sydney's first-ever, world-famous New Year’s Eve fireworks show. Now part of the Front of House team 45 years later, Leonie shares a kitchen secret or two what it was like working in the lead up to that faithful night in 1976.

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