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Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet

New research shows that teeth contain a week-by-week climatic history of their owner’s childhood.

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Friday, 23 Apr 2021
  • Research story

In this video we asked Professor Saul Cunningham for his take on 2020, when he saw much of the South Coast in flames, and a community changed by the pandemic.

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Thursday, 22 Apr 2021

The Australian National University (ANU) is proud to celebrate International Girls in ICT Day 2021 (#GirlsinICT).

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1829 painting of Swan River, showing European settlers and First Nation people amongst a lush green landscape with swans.
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021
  • News

Scientists from ANU are looking for volunteers to help create Australia's longest daily weather record from a globally recognised climate change "hot spot".

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Tennis ball, spinning in air.
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021
  • News

Vehicles that can propel themselves along the water and self-navigate around any object in their path could soon be a reality thanks to new research from Vehicles that can propel themselves along the water and self-navigate around any object in their path could soon be a reality thanks to new research from ANU.

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Siding Spring at night
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

It will take until at least 2080 before women make up just one-third of Australia’s professional astronomers, unless there is a significant boost to how we nurture female researchers’ careers.

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Woman looking through mirrors inside telescope.
Monday, 12 Apr 2021
  • News

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have harnessed a technique that helps telescopes see objects in the night sky more clearly to fight against dangerous and costly space debris.

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Thursday, 08 Apr 2021
  • Research story

We met Professor Nicotra in the Snowy Mountains and asked what she learned from 2020.

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Two wallabies sitting on rocks in rain
Wednesday, 31 Mar 2021
  • News

A new report on Australia's environment has found the country's landscapes and waterways are making a slow recovery from one of the grimmest periods on record.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Friday, 26 Mar 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Today's risks will be tomorrow's normal. That means tough decisions have to be made about human settlements having to retreat from areas most at risk, whether from floods or bushfires.

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