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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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Wednesday, 29 Apr 2015
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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr is calling on Canberra scientists to nominate for the inaugural ACT Scientist of the Year Award.

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Thursday, 23 Apr 2015
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The Leadbeater’s Possum, Victoria’s faunal emblem, has been formally recognised as critically endangered.

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