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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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Swift parrot
Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021
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New research from ANU shows female swift parrots can determine the sex of their offspring, and they are favouring boys over girls as they face diminished survival prospects in the wild.

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Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021
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Scientists already know the oceans are rapidly warming and sea levels are rising. But that’s not all. Now, thanks to satellite observations, we have three decades’ worth of data on how the speeds of ocean surface currents are also changing over time.

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Milky Way stars in the night sky.
Monday, 26 Apr 2021
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Tasmanian students will get a better view of the southern night sky, with astronomers from The Australian National University (ANU) delivering powerful telescopes as well as lessons on how to use them.

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Asteroid
Friday, 23 Apr 2021
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An international team of scientists has reconstructed the 22-million-year journey of an asteroid through the Solar System to its impact on Earth.

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Friday, 23 Apr 2021
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In this video we asked Professor Saul Cunningham for his take on 2020, when he saw much of the South Coast in flames, and a community changed by the pandemic.

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Professor Yun Liu in chemistry laboratory.
Friday, 23 Apr 2021
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Researchers and industry experts are closer to safely storing and transporting vast quantities of hydrogen, with the cleaner technology offering a potential replacement for fossil fuels and a possible new export industry for Australia.

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Thursday, 22 Apr 2021

The Australian National University (ANU) is proud to celebrate International Girls in ICT Day 2021 (#GirlsinICT).

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1829 painting of Swan River, showing European settlers and First Nation people amongst a lush green landscape with swans.
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021
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Scientists from ANU are looking for volunteers to help create Australia's longest daily weather record from a globally recognised climate change "hot spot".

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Tennis ball, spinning in air.
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021
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Vehicles that can propel themselves along the water and self-navigate around any object in their path could soon be a reality thanks to new research from Vehicles that can propel themselves along the water and self-navigate around any object in their path could soon be a reality thanks to new research from ANU.

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