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A nose for ecology

Koda is an ecology detection dog who is guaranteed to brighten your day.

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100 years of Mount Stromlo Observatory

This year, the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of being a world-renowned community of researchers exploring the heavens.

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Science by the letter

Climate scientist Dr Georgy Falster is part of pen pal program inspiring young people about their future. 

"You're opening up the world to a student who might have never considered what it means to be a scientist," she says.

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Dog and woman

This frisbee-obsessed, four-legged ecologist has a special role to play in her owner's PhD research.

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Thu, 12 Sep 2024

Cities and businesses have the power to play a crucial role and become the “stewards” of critical Earth systems by demonstrating how they can reduce their environmental impact on the planet, scientists say in a new report.

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island
Fri, 06 Sep 2024

Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from ANU that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024

A doughnut-shaped region thousands of kilometres beneath our feet within Earth’s liquid core has been discovered by ANU scientists, providing new clues about the dynamics of our planet’s magnetic field.

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Fri, Jun 21 2024, 9am

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mount Stromlo Observatory in 2024 with a variety of special events.

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energy
Mon, Sep 16 2024, 4:30pm

About 85% of the matter and energy in the universe is in the form of some unknown dark matter or dark energy.  It was hoped that the nature of this would be discovered by particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider. Until now, however, no hints of dark matter have been observed. Presented by Professor Ben Buchler

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trustworthy
Tue, Sep 17 2024, 4:30pm

Health policies and services developed by people working from a lived experience perspective are more relevant to patients, lead to more effective use of health resources, and are considered more trustworthy .
Presented by Dr Brett Scholz

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