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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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Monday, 14 Oct 2024
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At least one in four Australian university students experience a mental health problem in any given year, which is higher than their peers not attending university.

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Great Sandy Desert
Friday, 11 Oct 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

Since colonisation cultural burning in the Great Sandy Desert ended. Now the work of caring for desert country (pirra) with fire (jungku, or warlu) has begun again.

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Thursday, 10 Oct 2024
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A new way of comparing shapes will enable scientists to analyse data in more flexible and powerful ways.

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Thursday, 10 Oct 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

Everybody wants to start a podcast these days – even AI. What does this mean for the future of science communication?

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Wednesday, 09 Oct 2024
  • News

After fleeing Ukraine, Dr Andrey Iljin has found a haven for idea generation at ANU.

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Thursday, 03 Oct 2024
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Forge Photonics, a start up company using gravitational wave detection technology has launched, setting its sights on the $A120 billion global market for autonomous vehicle navigation systems.

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The Joker
Thursday, 03 Oct 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

What can we learn from the Joker character about our cultural fascination with duplication and disintegration?

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Pluto and one of its moons
Wednesday, 02 Oct 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

Much mystery still surrounds Pluto and its moons. But in new research published in Nature Communications researchers announced they’ve found carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon.

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Tuesday, 01 Oct 2024
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The Hunga Tonga underwater volcano was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, and now, two years later, new research from ANU has revealed its main trigger.

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