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‘It can be done. It must be done’: IPCC delivers definitive report on climate change, and where to now

The world is in deep trouble on climate change, but if we really put our shoulder to the wheel we can turn things around. Loosely, that’s the essence of today’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

The issue of AI authorship is now clearly on the minds of commercial academic publishers. Many have asked whether ChatGPT could be considered an academic author.

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Tuesday, 17 Jan 2023
  • Academic profile

Dr Jürgens has the “beautiful and challenging” task of combining the two very different academic cultures of science and humanities.

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Monday, 12 Sep 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

People on social media have a lot of strong feelings about the money spent on science research. It is all a big misunderstanding?

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ANU researcher Dr Rebecca Shellock. Image: Tracey Nearmy / ANU.
Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022
  • Media release

Major change is needed to counteract the lack of gender equality in marine science, according to new research.

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Thursday, 24 Feb 2022
  • Media release

A new report by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) shows the number of available research jobs plummeted during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tuesday, 08 Feb 2022
  • Student profile

Ebe Ganon - a queer, disabled student who completed her arts and science degrees in 2020 whilst managing illness challenges and full-time work - finally had her walk-across-stage experience following a long wait due to the pandemic.

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Monday, 10 Jan 2022
  • Media release

The Australian National University (ANU) and the wider science community is mourning the loss of passionate science educator and visionary, Questacon founder and ANU physics lecturer Professor Michael Gore AO.

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Monday, 20 Dec 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Researchers have found that scientists are experiencing diverse, complex, and often contrasting emotions about the fate of the planet.

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Monday, 30 Aug 2021

People who think based on their first instincts are more likely to believe and share COVID-19 misinformation, according to new research from The Australian National University.

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