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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, 17 Jul 2017
  • Career story

Who ‘does’ science? That’s the question ANU alumna Sian Keys is posing, in an effort to prove ability is no barrier when it comes to science.

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Friday, 14 Jul 2017
  • Research story

This is not the easiest work to explain to your family: you spend your days watching beetle sex tapes.

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Tuesday, 11 Jul 2017
  • News

Australia has signed an agreement with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to give Australian astronomers access to ESO telescopes in Chile.

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Minette Salmon
Tuesday, 11 Jul 2017
  • Student profile

It was while looking down a microscope that Minette Salmon made a huge breakthrough.

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Tuesday, 04 Jul 2017
  • Research story

Scientists at ANU have designed a new nano material, opening the door to technology that protects astronauts in space from harmful radiation.

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Monday, 03 Jul 2017
  • Student blog

When I was growing up, it was difficult for me to choose a study path that wasn’t defined by my parents.

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Monday, 03 Jul 2017
  • Student blog

I know a guy who is really good at his job. His job—or maybe it’s more like his life’s mission—is to never pay for food.

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Friday, 30 Jun 2017
  • Student profile

As a kid growing up in New Zealand, Jackson Dowie was fascinated by nuclear physics, like his Kiwi predecessor Ernest Rutherford.

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Thursday, 29 Jun 2017
  • Research story

New research from ANU shows when it comes to percussion, the palm cockatoo is the animal kingdom’s match for Ringo Starr or Phil Collins.

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