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ANU to shape a safer tech future with new cybernetics school
How Australia and the world can safely navigate and steer the profound impact new technologies, including artificial intelligence…
What is Cybernetics?
Cybernetics is not just about robots and artificial intelligence (AI), and whether humans will become cyborgs or if computers…
Susan Scott wins Australian Institute of Physics Medal
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Susan Scott who has once again been recognised for her ground-breaking research on…
Big brains bring change: inside the social life of spiders
For anyone with arachnophobia, the only thing worse than finding a lone spider dangling in a doorway or resting on your rear-view…
VC's Update - Awards and Thanksgiving turkey
Hi everyone, I am still recovering from last night's Thanksgiving dinner. VC duties kept me very busy for the day, and so…
Desert journeys on display at the Class of 2022’s Grad Show
An incredible family heritage and epic treks across Australia on camels are some of the powerful themes explored in the School of…
World’s oldest meal offers food for thought
The contents of the last meal consumed by the earliest animals known to inhabit Earth more than 550 million years ago has…
Australia's 2022 Word of the Year revealed
teal: adjective: of or relating to an independent political candidate or politician who advocates for greater integrity in…
Pandemic spike in social cohesion starting to decline
Social cohesion in Australia increased during the pandemic but is now declining due to a weaker sense of pride, belonging and…
ANU researchers win PM's science prizes
Two leading researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) who are battling catastrophic climate change and killer…
Welcome to Wildbark
The Wildbark Learning Centre at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary is now open for business. On Friday 18 November,…
ANU to map Australia's telecommunications resilience
A first-of-its kind project led by The Australian National University (ANU) will holistically map the resilience of Australia's…
Study shows the cost of captivity
Animals bred in captivity can experience significant changes to their bodies, behaviour and health, which affects their chances…
ANU innovation boosting green and manufacturing revolutions
A new training centre hosted by The Australian National University (ANU) is upskilling the next generation of researchers in…
Extra 1,500 pumped hydro sites could bolster energy grids
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have released a detailed study outlining 1,500 additional locations…
ANU sets a new standard for high-quality carbon removal
The Australian National University (ANU) has established a set of principles to guide ANU carbon removal projects and carbon…
VC’s Update – REECon, ARC Centres and VC Garden Party
Hi everyone, Today marks 104 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War. It's a reminder that…
Building Australia's AUKUS-ready nuclear workforce
Address by Professor Brian Schmidt AC Vice-Chancellor, The Australian National University Submarine Institute of Australia…
Six million Australian adults hacked in the last year
One in three Australian adults have been exposed to data breaches in the last 12 months, according to new analysis from The…
Fighting bigotry and racism one conversation at a time
The conversation about how the ANU community can come together to fight bigotry and racism came to Fenner Hall last month. …