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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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Thursday, 08 Jun 2017
  • Research story

ANU scientists have found that independent estimates from geology and biology agree on the timing of the breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent

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Monday, 05 Jun 2017
  • News

Two ANU chemists have been awarded prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowships from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

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Friday, 26 May 2017
  • Student blog

‘Why?’ I asked, unable to hide my curiosity. Is he going to ask me out on a date?

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings and ovals.
Friday, 26 May 2017
  • Analysis and opinion

Researchers at ANU are calling for location data to be withheld from research publications to help protect some rare and endangered species.

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Friday, 26 May 2017
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Online volunteers have helped astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU) find a star that exploded 970 million years ago

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Friday, 26 May 2017
  • News

Parasitologists at RSB, JCSMR and the Centre for Advanced Microscopy are celebrating a new dual PhD program that pairs ANU with Humboldt University in Berlin.

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Tuesday, 23 May 2017
  • Research story

A team of international astrophysicists led by The Australian National University (ANU) has shown how most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms.

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Large multi storied building on university campus.
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
  • Analysis and opinion

A climate policy expert at The Australian National University (ANU) says the world would be better off if the US withdraws from the global climate agreement

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Monday, 22 May 2017

Science communicators from eight African countries created a pop-up interactive science exhibition on Monday 22 May.

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