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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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Cockatoo using a straw as a tool
Monday, 13 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

In research published this week, researchers have shown Goffin’s cockatoos can take the next leap of logic beyond tool use, by carrying a set of tools they’ll need for a future task.

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Two women
Saturday, 11 Feb 2023
  • Career story

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the joint conveners of ANU Women* in Physics, Astro and Engineering, Dr Noemie Bastidon and Dr Julie Tournet, were in conversation with ANU alumni Professor Melanie Campbell from the University of Waterloo.

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Two young parrots being held in hands
Friday, 10 Feb 2023
  • News

Just half a per cent of the available tree hollows in Canberra’s woodlands are suitable nests for superb parrots.

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A woman standing next to pipes and wires
Friday, 10 Feb 2023
  • News

This International Day of Women and Girls and Science we are looking back at stories that highlight the achievements of women in science and some of the barriers they face.

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Man in forest with vehicle
Thursday, 09 Feb 2023
  • News

Areas set aside by the Victorian Government as part of plan to conserve 35 threatened species fall well short in their goal to stop the extinction of the state’s most at-risk wildlife, according to a study by ANU researchers.

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Kangaroo with joey in burnt forest
Monday, 06 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were cataclysmic: a landmark in Australia’s environmental history. We must use Black Summer as an opportunity to learn – and make fundamental changes. Here are six lessons to heed.

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Bright circle on dark background
Friday, 03 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

To find out why black holes twinkle, researchers piggy-backed on NASA’s asteroid defence effort to watch more than 5,000 of the fastest-growing black holes in the sky for five years.

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Video thumbnail with text reading: Road to space: The Bogong Thruster
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023
  • Research story

Go behind the mission to get a new mothball-fueled satellite thruster to space.

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Dolphin tail up in front of fisher in a bay
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023
  • News

Dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil catch more fish by working together, a new study by an international team of researchers has shown.

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