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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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Our planet our future
Wed, 23 Apr 2025

Psychology researchers asked more than 5,000 Australians a simple question: what would change your mind about climate change? Their answers reveal both a warning and an opportunity.

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Person on their phone
Tue, 08 Apr 2025

Dr Dave Pasalich says parents also have an important role to play in addressing online bullying.

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Artist's impression of a red giant star
Thu, 03 Apr 2025

The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars – can reveal far more information about the stars’ histories and inner workings than scientists thought.

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Foraminifera
Wed, 19 Mar 2025

A new study reveals how much CO₂ was released to the atmosphere from the polar Southern Ocean in a period of rapid global warming between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago – and what factors were responsible.

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Woman with a phone
Fri, 14 Mar 2025

Online mental health programs can be more innovative and less expensive than other types of therapy. But do they actually work?

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bees
Fri, 28 Feb 2025

We’ve all heard honeybees are in trouble – but what’s going on and what can we do about it? Beekeepers could have the answers.

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Artist's reconstruction of Palaeospondylus as an agnathan.
Mon, 24 Feb 2025

A new paper documents a highly enigmatic tiny “fish” fossil from a remote location close to the Northern Territory border. This animal lived in the shallow margins of a marine environment about 400 million years ago.

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View of the Pacific Ocean from the International Space Station.
Mon, 17 Feb 2025

A new study of rock samples from the floor of the Pacific Ocean has found a strange increase in the radioactive isotope beryllium-10 from 10 million years ago. This finding opens new pathways for geologists to date past events gleaned from deep within the oceans.

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Headshot of a man
Thu, 13 Feb 2025

Professor Mark Howden will deliver his final State of the Climate address at the 2025 ANU Climate Update.

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