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Islands are engines of linguistic diversity, study shows

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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Rocket launching at nighttime
Monday, 18 Dec 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

A new report shows what the Australian public thinks about Australia’s investment and activities in space and the results are eye opening.

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A woman standing among some trees smiling at the camera
Wednesday, 13 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

Isobel Bender is graduating with a PhB (Honours) having made what her supervisor Professor Jamie Pittock calls “an unprecedented impact on the public good as an undergraduate researcher”.

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Headshot of a man
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

Dr Matt Nurse shares an insight into his research on dissemination of misinformation and his aspirations for a future where science communication is more crucial than ever.

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Man in front a green garden
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

“I see maths as more of an art than a science,” Grover Lancaster-Cole says.

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Astrophysicist at work
Wednesday, 06 Dec 2023
  • News

A new optical ground station launched by The Australian National University (ANU) will help NASA and other major space agencies safely reach Mars.

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Milky way over a rock landform
Wednesday, 06 Dec 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

Science communicators are not evangelists for the science-only worldview of scientism. Many science communicators think very deeply about what values matter to people, and how to reach their audiences.

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Two men seated on a green sofa and one woman standing
Monday, 04 Dec 2023
  • Academic profile

What happens to all those stories which start with the promise of an exciting new scientific breakthrough, but don’t end that way?

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Murray River
Tuesday, 28 Nov 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

This week, the Senate is debating changes to Australia’s most important water laws. These changes seek to rescue the ailing A$13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan to improve the health of our nation’s largest river system.

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Fish on a reef
Friday, 24 Nov 2023
  • News

Marine animals across the world and land animals living in tropical climates are being pushed to their physiological limits as they struggle to adapt to rising temperatures sparked by human-caused climate change.

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