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Illustration of an early seal communicating underwater.

Seals have a unique superpower in their ears, and we finally know how it evolved

Unlike all other mammals, seals can hear both in the air and underwater. How do they do this?

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Tuesday, 26 Sep 2017
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The Australian National University is poised to play a key role in a new Australian space agency.

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Tuesday, 26 Sep 2017
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The ANU Indigenous Astronomy Workshop brought 75 students from rural NSW to Siding Spring Observatory for a day-long workshop.

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Thursday, 21 Sep 2017
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Researchers from ANU have found the creation of a Great Forest National Park would deliver the best environmental and economic returns to Victoria.

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Wednesday, 20 Sep 2017
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Jennifer Robertson’s textile research focuses on exploring meaningful connections, correlations and analogies between geology and weaving.

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Wednesday, 20 Sep 2017
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ANU science academics have been recognised for outstanding contributions to student learning in 2017 at the Australian Awards for University Teaching.

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Monday, 18 Sep 2017
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Scientists at ANU have produced the best estimate of Earth’s elemental composition which will help them understand how the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago.

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Saturday, 16 Sep 2017
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ANU will help to boost food production to feed a rapidly growing world population as part of a major international research collaboration.

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Friday, 15 Sep 2017
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ANU astronomers have bid farewell to the spacecraft Cassini, which will crash into Saturn just before 10pm tonight (AEST).

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Tuesday, 12 Sep 2017
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Scientists at ANU have found a new way to store quantum data long enough to share the information around a next-generation internet, impervious to hacking.

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