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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, 11 Feb 2019
  • News

Australian musician, environmental campaigner and former Cabinet Minister the Hon. Peter Garrett AM has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate at ANU

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A child
Wednesday, 06 Feb 2019
  • Research story

Research from the ANU Medical School has found doctors are using children in refugee families as interpreters for their parents.

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3 women smiling
Wednesday, 06 Feb 2019
  • News

The women move to separate rooms where they take off their clothes, put on a hospital gown, and lie there, topless, as hundreds of hands touch their breasts.

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Alison Christie
Wednesday, 06 Feb 2019
  • Career story

Psychology PhD graduate Alison Christie spent a year meditating at a Buddhist monastery so that you don’t have to.

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An man riding a horse
Wednesday, 06 Feb 2019
  • Career story

The first thing you notice about Dr Sam Gubicak is he’s on a horse.

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Jane Dahlstrom
Wednesday, 06 Feb 2019
  • Academic profile

Walking along the shelves, Professor Jane Dahlstrom indicates a spleen, preserved in fluid and encased in perspex, and says, “Yes, I remember that patient.”

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Wednesday, 06 Feb 2019
  • Research story

One baby’s tragic death led to a $20-million trial to prevent similar cases.

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Professor Paul Martin
Wednesday, 06 Feb 2019
  • Research story

If you're suffering from migraine, should you see a doctor about it – or a psychologist?

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Kambri university precinct at night with lights.
Monday, 04 Feb 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

Evidence uncovered by the Royal Commission has shown systemic failures in the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

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