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Stars, songlines and quoll spots: a Ngunnawal Night Tour at Mulligans Flat

The Indigenous science and stories behind Mulligans Flat.

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Fri, 26 May 2017

Researchers at ANU are calling for location data to be withheld from research publications to help protect some rare and endangered species.

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Tue, 23 May 2017

A climate policy expert at The Australian National University (ANU) says the world would be better off if the US withdraws from the global climate agreement

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Fri, 21 Apr 2017

A symposium of energy experts has called for a national discussion on nuclear options, including mining, power generation and waste storage

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Wed, 01 Feb 2017

Victoria's faunal emblem the Leadbeater's Possum and other species will become extinct within about 30 years unless clear-fell logging stops in Victoria's Mountain Ash forests, new research based on 30 years of monitoring the forests has found.

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Mon, 23 Jan 2017

People collapse, buildings collapse, economies collapse and even entire human civilizations collapse.

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Fri, 20 Jan 2017

Researchers at ANU have called for the transition from native timber harvesting to plantation forests with the biggest mainland sawmill in Australia under threat of collapse.

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Mon, 31 Oct 2016

Lyme disease cannot be contracted in Australia and patients should not be treated with antibiotics for so-called Lyme-like diseases, new medical research has found.   

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Mon, 17 Oct 2016

Australia's energy security needs to be reviewed in the face of new threats from climate change, cyber hacking and greater complexity in the energy system, an expert forum hosted by the ANU Energy Change Institute and Engineers Australia has found.

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Thu, 28 Apr 2016

The Australia Labor Party has announced a new climate change policy ahead of the federal election.

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