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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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Wednesday, 04 Mar 2020
  • News

ANU will lead the development of the first Australian satellite designed to predict bushfires and their behaviour.

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Wednesday, 04 Mar 2020
  • Student profile

While our students are busy becoming scientists, they also make time for their hobbies. In Jacob Brown’s case, this means floating through clouds.

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Kambri university precinct at night with lights.
Tuesday, 03 Mar 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

New South Wales’ Forestry Corporation will this week start “selective timber harvesting” from two state forests ravaged by bushfire on the state’s south coast.

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Shanae King is standing outside with remains of telescopes in the background.
Friday, 28 Feb 2020
  • Career story

Shanae King builds systems that are literally out of this world – or they will be, one day.

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Large multi storied building on university campus.
Wednesday, 26 Feb 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

How far away we are from harnessing the energy that powers the sun and stars?

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Wednesday, 26 Feb 2020
  • Student profile

Flexible double-degree student, Sasha Whittle, combines chemistry and art to make extraordinary things.

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Wednesday, 26 Feb 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Will Steffen says that adopting a target of net-zero emissions by 2050 is a big step in the right direction, but the policy is too little, too late.

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Friday, 21 Feb 2020
  • Student blog

Join ANU alumni Elly Gearing on safari in the Greater Kruger, Africa.

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Wednesday, 19 Feb 2020
  • News

The ANU Council has called for urgent action to address the growing challenge of climate change.

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