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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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Potato Rubisco catalysis showing plant, roots and computer generated protein structure.
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020
  • News

Research led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production.

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Square brick building behind a garden
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

The wild western end of the island, once a vast mallee woodland peppered with wildflowers and mobs of roaming roos, had been completely erased. An immense dune field covered with sharp blackened sticks now stretched beyond the horizon, to the sea, hollow and quiet.

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University avenue through Kambri precinct with buildings and trees.
Friday, 10 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

It's painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming's demands. There's another way – but it involves accepting nature's limits.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Friday, 10 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

After the bushfires, we went looking for endangered corroboree frogs. Normally, they respond to our calls. But at some sites, the ponds were silent.

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Dr James Gilbert next to telescope.
Thursday, 09 Jul 2020
  • News

ANU researcher, Dr James Gilbert has been named one of Australia’s most innovative engineers.

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Map of Australia with location of native animal species
Wednesday, 08 Jul 2020
  • News

Professor Kruuk will receive $3.3 million in funding from the ARC to pursue research into the effects of changing environments on wild animal populations.

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Building with trees in foreground.
Tuesday, 07 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Amid the dire consequences of COVID-19, some consider the pandemic to the best news the environment has received in a long time.

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Five clocks on dark wall.
Monday, 06 Jul 2020
  • Academic profile

You might have heard that it’s July now. The year is, apparently, already half over. But how can this be possible? We turn to Dr Peter Riggs for answers.

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Monday, 06 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Australia's space industry is booming despite the impact of coronavirus.

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