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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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Thursday, 15 Aug 2019
  • Research story

The unsung heroes of science: meet the people who make our research possible.

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Janet and Tim
Tuesday, 13 Aug 2019
  • Student blog

Two ANU physics students, Janet Zhong and Tim Hume, recently joined over 500 young scientists for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany.

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Monday, 12 Aug 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

We can’t achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement without managing emissions from land use, according to the IPCC.

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Monday, 12 Aug 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

But what will the liveability of our cities be like in 40 years’ time?

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Thursday, 08 Aug 2019
  • News

A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows how unprecedented land exploitation is contributing to climate change.

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Wednesday, 07 Aug 2019
  • News

Scientists have cracked a key step in nature’s water-splitting recipe, which may be harnessed to make a limitless supply of cheap renewable fuel.

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Tuesday, 06 Aug 2019
  • News

A new study from The Australian National University has shown the impact phosphate mining is having on our coral reefs.

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Friday, 02 Aug 2019
  • News

Astronomers have found the ghostly remains of one of the Universe's first stars inside a rare, ancient star far, far away on the other side of our galaxy.

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Monday, 29 Jul 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

Available water supply is not only determined by rainfall. It also depends on water storage.

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