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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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Friday, 20 Nov 2015
  • Student profile

Two years ago Jiansi and Jianzhen made a joint decision to leave China and move to Australia, to both study at ANU, and both in similar fields.

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Wednesday, 18 Nov 2015
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The Bachelor of Science gives you so many options, you can specialise in what you love.

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Friday, 13 Nov 2015
  • News

For most people, working as a doctor in humanitarian crises would be enough. That would be making enough of a difference to the world. But Dr Kamalini Lokuge wanted to do more.

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Thursday, 12 Nov 2015
  • Research story

Have you ever wondered why your laptop computer works well for a few years, but then starts to give up the ghost?

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Thursday, 12 Nov 2015
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Astronomers have discovered the oldest known stars, dating from before the Milky Way Galaxy formed, when the Universe was just 300 million years old.

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