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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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Saturday, 18 Jul 2015
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Recent graduate Alex Mascolo has followed his academic passions to uncover links between economics, philosophy and artificial intelligence.

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Friday, 17 Jul 2015
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Laura Wey has used her undergraduate research experience at ANU to help grow a better future for us all.

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Friday, 17 Jul 2015
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Biologists have succeeded in teaching wild birds to understand a new language.

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Friday, 17 Jul 2015
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More than 2,100 students will graduate from ANU at the mid-year award conferral ceremonies this week.

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Thursday, 16 Jul 2015
Wednesday, 15 Jul 2015
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As the NASA New Horizons probe reaches Pluto after its nine-year journey

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Monday, 13 Jul 2015
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Australia's new ocean-going research vessel Investigator has discovered extinct volcanoes about 250 kilometres off the coast of Sydney in 4,900 metres of water.

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Saturday, 11 Jul 2015
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I am really enjoying my degree as it offers new challenges every day through my studies. I feel that it was definitely the right choice for me.

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Friday, 10 Jul 2015
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Moving away has really helped me find my own community, because I love meeting new people from all kinds of backgrounds. It wasn’t until Jane moved away from home that she found a community she could call her own, and it was here at ANU.

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