News & events News Authors Tabitha Carvan Body Tabitha Carvan is the Lead Science Writer at the ANU College of Science. Articles Rooting for the antihero: why facts have ruffled feathers in the birding world For more than a century, the Night Parrot has inspired gripping tales of obsessive odysseys and miraculous discoveries. But now the truth has gotten in the way of a good story. And Dr Penny Olsen is wearing the cost. Read the article The best words in the best order: why do our astronomy students burn their PhD thesis? The tradition of burning their PhD thesis has been handed down from student to student at Mount Stromlo ever since the 2003 bushfires. Read the article Death caps: these killer mushrooms actually help trees to grow Death cap mushrooms don’t actually want to kill us. In fact, mushrooms don’t care about us at all. Read the article Professor Amnon Neeman doesn’t really mind whether you read this story or not Professor Neeman has solved two open problems in mathematics which have, for the past 20 years, thwarted the efforts of the best algebraists in the world. Read the article Move over magpies: are cuckoos the meanest bird? Since it’s Bad Bird Season, we ask cuckoo apologist - sorry, cuckoo expert - Professor Naomi Langmore to explain how it could possibly be that the cuckoo doesn’t mean to be mean, when it sure looks like it does. Read the article Moved by mountains: Research celebrates Canberrans’ love of nearby nature If you’ve walked up Mount Taylor any time in the last few years, you might have seen Dr Kathy Eyles. She’s the one holding the mattock and taking notes. Read the article Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Next page Next › Last page Last »