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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, 19 Aug 2016
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ANU led the Australian contribution to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in the observation confirming the existence of gravitational waves.

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Tuesday, 16 Aug 2016
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ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society's Dr Ceridwen Fraser has been named the ACT Scientist of the Year.

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Monday, 15 Aug 2016

Scouts ACT and the Research School of Chemistry at The Australian National University (ANU) co-hosted more than 1,000 Scouts and Guides for a day of fun chemistry on Saturday 13 August to help kick off National Science Week.

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016
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Dr Graham Walker has just returned from 11 weeks in Africa, where his Science Circus Africa education outreach program was seen by a staggering 41,000 people across five countries.

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016
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Australians think the fairest way to judge the Olympic medal tally is by medals per capita while Americans think it should be judged on total medals.

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016

Indigenous school students with a passion for science and engineering are getting a taste of university life at The Australian National University (ANU) this week.

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016

The Australian National University (ANU) has led an international project to make a diamond that's predicted to be harder than a jeweller's diamond and useful for cutting through ultra-solid materials on mining sites.  

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016
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New psychology research has found a surprising new factor that can lift student NAPLAN scores by as many as 10 points.

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016
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"The scale and pace of urbanisation is simply unprecedented."

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