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Inequalities in Aussie life expectancy show narrowing, but some groups left behind

Australia has made progress in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy since the late 2010s, according to new research from ANU, setting the country apart from many other high-income countries.

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Dr Stephen Dann’s office is jammed with trinkets, toys and treasures – and he wants you to use them to express yourself.

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The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Making university better for everyone, including Indigenous peoples

For Distinguished Professor Asmi Wood, reaching the highest heights of academic success is one small part of his wider quest for academic excellence.

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Australia’s oldest occupied ice age cave found at high elevation in Blue Mountains

Archaeologists, in collaboration with First Nations community members who hold cultural connections with the Blue Mountains, have unearthed 693 stone artefacts dating from the last ice age to the recent past.

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Welcome to room 1070, it’s completely normal

Dr Stephen Dann’s office is jammed with trinkets, toys and treasures – and he wants you to use them to express yourself.

Why the US strikes on Iran are illegal and can set a troubling precedent

The US has bombed Iranian nuclear facilities in what is being called 'self-defence'. But what does international law say? And how should Australia respond?

Stamp-sized hard drives capable of storing 100 times more data than current tech closer to fruition

A new molecule co-developed by ANU chemists can store digital data at temperatures as cold as the moon at night.

The end of US democracy and what this means for international relations

Once the pillar of democracy, the US now flirts with authoritarianism.

Ancient grains: oldest rice in Pacific found in remote cave 

Traces of rice found in Guam date back more than 3,500 years, according to ANU researchers.

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