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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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Friday, 16 Jun 2017
  • Research story

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have identified 185 sites in South Australia potentially suitable for pumped hydro storage

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Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017
  • Analysis and opinion

This short video puts recent climate change and carbon dioxide emissions into the context of the past 800,000 years.

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Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017
  • News

Four ANU science students are getting ready to leave the Canberra winter behind for a two-week study tour in Indonesia.

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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
  • Research story

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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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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