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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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Tuesday, 09 Apr 2013
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An award-winning astronomer who needs both career and family

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Tuesday, 05 Mar 2013
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Master of Environment (Research)

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Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013
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Could something lethal help make us stronger?

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Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013
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Professor Ken Freeman, one of Australia’s most influential astronomers, had absolutely no interest in the field when he started out.

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Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013
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By the end of the study we found that the number of underweight children got down to less than 1 in 20. That’s a really big change over a short period of time.

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Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013
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Older Australians are still bearing the brunt of the Global Financial Crisis

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Tuesday, 29 Jan 2013
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Bachelor of Philosophy

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Tuesday, 18 Dec 2012
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Thinking out of the box

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Thursday, 06 Dec 2012
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Rebecca Davies

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