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Nature’s ‘eco-gold’: how poo can save the earth
ANU PhD student Samantha Shippley faces one of the greatest ecological challenges and turns to an unlikely hero: animal faeces.
2025 National Indigenous Engineering Autumn School
Indigenous high school students travelled from all corners of the continent to spend a week on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country for the National…
We need to change how we manage chronic disease
Improving existing services won’t be enough to support the growing number of Australians affected by chronic conditions.
Birds with backpacks released on Phillip Island
Twenty-four bush stone-curlews will be reintroduced to the wild on Phillip Island (Milawul) as part of a landmark project involving researchers from…
ChatGPT just passed the Turing test. But that doesn’t mean AI is now as smart as humans
Although the Turing test has been popularised as the ultimate indicator of machine intelligence, there is disagreement about the validity of this…
Maths has no borders: Professor Rowena Ball brings Indigenous mathematics to ANU
What constitutes mathematical knowledge? What is included in mathematics? Who gets to decide? These are some of the questions being asked by…
New Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) urges collegiality amid challenging time for university sector
Professor Joan Leach from Science Communication has been appointed the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at ANU.
Exploring uncharted depths at ANU Game Jam
ANU students take the express lane as they fast-track their game development skills in just two days.
Century-old clues reveal hidden threat to Australian songbird
A hidden threat facing one of Australia’s most iconic birds, the regent honeyeater, has been uncovered in a new study led by researchers from ANU and…
Future students greeted by robots, beetles, and race cars at ANU Open Day 2025
The ANU campus was buzzing on Saturday 29 March as prospective students explored their future at Open Day 2025.