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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, 25 Mar 2015
Monday, 23 Mar 2015
  • Research story

ANU PhD Candidate Rebecca Randall says being involved in a national mental health leadership program meant she had an amazing experience networking with the nation’s leading experts and scholars in mental health research.

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Sunday, 22 Mar 2015
  • News

A plant scientist has called for the United Nations to guarantee free and open access to plant DNA sequences to enable scientists to continue work to sustainably intensify world food production.

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Thursday, 19 Mar 2015

Close the Gap day aims to focus on the ongoing campaign to close the health and life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

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Thursday, 19 Mar 2015

For ANU PhD student, Rachel Kirby, completing her Honours thesis brought about some unexpected surprises.

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