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Woman in natural bush setting, she is looking up at a wattle tree and has a mattock under her elbow. Her shirt reads Park Care and she is also wearing a rain coat.

If you’ve walked up Mount Taylor any time in the last few years, you might have seen Dr Kathy Eyles. She’s the one holding the mattock and taking notes.

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Woman holding a diagram

"I'm going to listen to the gynaecologists, I'm going to listen to the hysterectomy patients."

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Bronwyn Wilkes holding a basket of fruit and vegetables

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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A group of ANU researchers are helping rehabilitate koalas after the 2020 bushfires.

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Bruny Island is a wild and windswept land mass on the east coast of Tasmania. It's one of the few places left where the swift parrot can raise its young.

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Lead author Dr Siva Karuturi

Researchers at The Australian National University have achieved a new efficiency record for hydrogen cells that can convert water into hydrogen.

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Kate at walking along a storm water drain in Canberra.

“Imagine how different it could be?” Kate asks. “Even if you didn’t get rid of the concrete, if you could just get the channel looking attractive!”

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In search of an unbreakable code, ANU researchers are looking to the realm of quantum physics. And: laser beams.

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Damon Hall/Unsplash, CC BY

Are you feeling anxious or irritated during the coronavirus lockdown? Do you constantly want to get up and move? Maybe you need a moment to engage with nature.

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