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Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet

New research shows that teeth contain a week-by-week climatic history of their owner’s childhood.

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Thursday, 11 Nov 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Australia’s largest parrot, the palm cockatoo, is justifiably famous as the only non-human animal to craft tools for sound. They create drumsticks to make a rhythmic beat. Sadly, the “Ringo Starr” of the bird world is now threatened with extinction – just as many other parrots are around the world.

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Monday, 08 Nov 2021

A team of international scientists, including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), have unveiled the largest number of gravitational waves ever detected.

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Wednesday, 03 Nov 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

At the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, more than 90 nations signed a global pledge led by the United States and United Kingdom to cut methane emissions. However, Australia was not among them.

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kangaroo
Wednesday, 03 Nov 2021

Australia needs to overhaul how overabundant kangaroos are managed, rather than letting them starve or be culled as pests, according to an expert from The Australian National University (ANU).

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Angus Rae
Tuesday, 02 Nov 2021
  • Research story

While Angus Rae focuses intently on a captivating microscopic world, he is actually working towards a solution for an environmental catastrophe occurring on a global scale.

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Wednesday, 27 Oct 2021

Agriculture experts from The Australian National University (ANU) have teamed up with government bodies and NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa to improve irrigation schemes and boost crop production.

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Large multi storied building on university campus.
Monday, 25 Oct 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is poised to announce Australia will adopt a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The pledge is long overdue – but the science tells us 2050 is about a decade too late to reach net-zero.

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psycology
Thursday, 21 Oct 2021
  • News

An international collaboration of health care professionals established in the pandemic is creating ripples as it inspires new ideas and global expansion.

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Divers underwater extracting coral core samples
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2021
  • Student profile

PhD researcher Jess Hargreaves digs out coral skeletons to understand how rainfall patterns in the South-East Indian Ocean region have changed over time.

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