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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.
Read the articleFour academics, including Dr Tristan Reekie from the Research School of Chemistry, have been recognised with prestigious ACT Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how much modern societies are governed by statistics. Despite their objective appearance, these numbers gain their strength from very human relationships.
Naturally disturbed forests are among the most threatened habitats in the world.
To fully understand why droughts begin, persist and end, we need to answer the question: where does Australia’s rainfall come from? It may seem basic, but the answer isn't so simple.
Astronomers have spotted a rare phenomenon - a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole in a process called "spaghettification".
Achieving a radically different tomorrow will require more than a purely technocratic approach. So now, imagine you are in the year 2050...
The scientific evidence showed that across almost every forest age and type, thinning made little difference.
Trees in Australia are many, varied and sometimes huge. But how many are there exactly? And how does their number change over time?