Genyornis newtoni was one of the biggest birds ever to walk the earth. And new research shows its mysterious extinction may have come amid a bout of widespread bone disease as its lake home dried out.
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Establishing specialist women’s police stations has been suggested as a solution to violence against women in Australia. However research does not cover racial and gender inclusion in this policing.
The internet exploded after a musk duck was recorded saying “you bloody fool” , and a lyrebird cried like a human baby. So what’s the fuss all about?
The implosion of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has gone from tragedy to farce.
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Tight funding and COVID-related limits on face-to-face contact have forced academics to find other ways to expose students to the real-life work they are preparing them for.
Australia has suggested a UNESCO recommendation to list the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’ was motivated by politics. This is hardly the first such accusation levied at the organisation.
Our research has also uncovered major long-term changes in ancient animal populations at Denisova Cave, and has provided the first direct evidence of Homo sapiens having lived there.
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Professor of Geography, University of Wollongong
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Vice Chancellor Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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PhD student, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
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PhD candidate, University of Wollongong
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Professor of fisheries and international development, University of Wollongong
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University Fellow (Literature/Humanities), University of Wollongong
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Professor in Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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Director Radiation Research and Advice (ARPANSA), and Adjunct Associate Professor (UOW), University of Wollongong
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Lecturer, operations and supply chain management, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer - Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Wollongong
