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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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Monday, 17 Feb 2020
  • News

Australia is "ground zero" for what is in reality a "climate crisis".

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Monday, 17 Feb 2020
  • News

A 20-year investment worth $1.5 million will help boost Australia’s hydrogen economy, powering new research on this form of renewable energy storage at ANU.

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Dhani Gilbert
Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
  • Student profile

At the age of 18 Dhani Gilbert has a powerful voice, now she is headed to ANU to pursue ecology and science communication.

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Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
  • News

A remarkable new project led by ANU researchers will showcase the beauty of the Murray River, and help re-frame the discussion about the waterway's health.

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Friday, 07 Feb 2020
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The ANU has today launched a new scholarship program and endowment to unlock university and personal opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

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Wednesday, 05 Feb 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Universities are key to meeting our climate change challenge

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Friday, 31 Jan 2020
  • News

Koalas displaced and injured by Australia’s bushfires are being cared for and housed temporarily at ANU.

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Thursday, 30 Jan 2020
  • News

An old space telescope, IRAS, will potentially collide with a decommissioned satellite, GGSE-4, raining debris in Earth’s orbit.

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Campus at dusk, showing buildings, trees and a silver ball sculpture.
Tuesday, 28 Jan 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Populations of wildlife that the bushfires haven't already wiped out are threatened by thousands of feral horses trampling the land.

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