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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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Possum
Thursday, 24 Sep 2020
  • News

Fire and logging are substantially reducing the number of hollow-bearing trees that threatened and critically endangered Australian mammals can use as homes, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) warns.

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Bronwyn Wilkes holding a basket of fruit and vegetables
Monday, 21 Sep 2020
  • Research story

Beyond the convenience of skipping supermarket queues, it seems the humble fruit and veggie box can make some people feel, well, happier.

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Protest sign at demonstration
Monday, 21 Sep 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

It’s now more critical than ever that the people who are actually knowledgeable about the world’s crises speak out and represent that knowledge in public.

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An artist's impression of the Giant Magellan Telescope. Produced by M3 Engineering
Friday, 18 Sep 2020
  • News

The Giant Magellan Telescope project has received US$17.5 million from the US National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Monday, 14 Sep 2020
  • News

If you missed ANU Virtual Open Week or any of the Science sessions you had wanted to attend, you can watch them here.

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The cover of the Adelaide Surveyor General's Weather folios. Credit: National Archive of Australia - Adelaide
Tuesday, 08 Sep 2020
  • News

We are launching a new citizen science project to create Australia's longest daily weather record, beginning 1838.

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New York city
Friday, 04 Sep 2020
  • News

The strength of connections, be it human connections within cities, or collaborative networks between cities, has been a key factor in determining how effectively the world's biggest cities have been able to navigate the COVID-19.

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Artist impression of two black holes colliding in space.
Thursday, 03 Sep 2020
  • News

The most massive black hole collision ever detected has been directly observed by the LIGO and VIRGO Scientific Collaboration, which includes scientists from ANU.

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Wind turbines
Thursday, 03 Sep 2020
  • News

Australia continues to lAustralia continues to lead the world in the per capita roll out of energy generated by solar and wind, resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions and falling electricity prices, according to a new analysis fromead the world in the per capita roll out of energy generated by solar and wind, resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions and falling electricity prices, according to a new analysis from ANU.

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