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Dinosaurs wagged their tails while running

Researchers have some bad news for the producers of the next action thriller featuring razor-toothed dinosaurs chasing their next meal. It turns out the hulking creatures actually ran with a cute little wag of the tail.

New lasers capture energy like noise-cancelling headphones

Physicists at The Australian National University have developed extremely powerful microscopic lasers that are even smaller than the wavelength of the light they produce.

Taliban to segregate university classes for women

Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister in the new Taliban government has said.

Is the Peppa Pig effect influencing Aussie kids?

Through all the efforts of home-schooling during lockdowns, it might be British cartoon character Peppa Pig that young Aussie children have paid most attention to.

Parliament calls out China’s student spies

Students from China at Australian universities could get vital protection from a snooping motherland under new cyber security laws.

Research shows high-tempo tunes inspire team success

Australian Catholic University research has found - for the first time in team sport - that high-tempo music can influence footballers’ mindsets to unlock sporting success.

Job insecurity, poor work-life balance affect whole family

Research by UniSA’s Centre for Workplace Excellence shows that poor work-life balance and job insecurity can affect the whole family – not just individual workers.

ANU deficit better than expected, Vice-Chancellor announces

The Australian National University (ANU) recorded a $162.4 million operating deficit in 2020, “the hardest 12-month period in our 75-year history”, Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt told staff and students today, Friday 23 April.

14-year-old Benjamin Francis begins a bachelor’s degree

A gap year backpacking Europe was never on the cards for the 2020 dux of St Edmund’s College, 14-year-old Benjamin Francis, who is in the first weeks of a bachelor’s degree.

Fatal flaw in parasite’s armour could be used to treat malaria

Researchers from ANU have exposed a fatal flaw in the deadly parasite that causes malaria which could potentially be used to treat one of the world’s biggest killers.

The campaign tackling violence at Australian universities through education and empowerment

Readers are advised that this article contains discussions of sex, sexual assault and rape culture. Envisioning a world where Australian universities are free from sexual violence and stigmatisation, The STOP Campaign began in Canberra...

ANU psychology Masters program to bolster Canberra workforce

A new ANU Master of Professional Psychology program will, at full capacity, double the psychology workforce graduating in the ACT.

UC researchers commit to strengthening democracy

UC’s Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance has received funding for a research project designed to strengthen democracy in Australia.

Job-Ready Graduates Bill to have some ‘unintended consequences’

While some aspects of the government’s Job-Ready Graduates Bill have been praised by the sector, the University of Canberra (UC) fear it may have some “unintended consequences”.

Genetic differences impact your heart health

Diets and training methods aside, when it comes to heart health, research from UniSA shows that a far more personalised approach is needed – and it all starts with your genes.

Woroni retrospective exhibition celebrates 70 years

An exhibition celebrating 70 years of iconic ANU student publication, Woroni, has opened at the ANU’s aMBUSH Gallery, Kambri.

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