Good morning, Canberra. It looks like we could be in for another wet day today on the way to a top of 27 degrees. Here are today's top headlines.

'Science is magic': Meet the Canberra scientist engineering groundbreaking stroke treatments

Dr Kiara Bruggeman wants to be like a virus. Not one that makes people sick, but one that spreads knowledge and enthusiasm for science everywhere.

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Raiders halfback stuck in Melbourne quarantine

Subscriber: ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has offered to intervene after Raiders star George Williams was forced to quarantine in Victoria.

Ranking the presidents: historian's parlour game

Opinion: There's no way to objectively measure a president's greatness (or otherwise), but it's fun to try, writes Malcolm Mackerras.

ACT's young Giants relish life on the border line

Subscriber: GWS Giants' Tarni Evans and Emily Pease have found a silver lining to the AFLW club's mad dash to Albury.

Good photography continued during 2020

Review: Galleries were innovative in exhibiting works to the public throughout the trying times of 2020, writes Brian Rope.

Times Past

Move over electric scooters. A new craze was sweeping Canberra in 1973 during a sweltering heatwave.
It was called "bike jumping" and it was one of the coolest things to do, The Canberra Times reported on this day 48 years ago. School kids were riding their bikes into Lake Burley Griffin as a way to cool down and have fun in the sun. READ MORE