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A reconstruction of the Rhinodipterus lungfish. Illustration: Dr Richard Barwick, ANU Oxygen plunge led to rise of air breathers

A massive plunge in global oxygen levels – and not freshwater frolicking – could have led to the rise of air-breathing animals on Earth, a new study argues.

Dr Ajani says valuable food growing land is being reduced by forestry plantation managed investment schemes. Photo by Kevin Lallier / flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/klallier/ Can’t see the food for the trees: study

The Federal Government subsidy to forestry plantation managed investment schemes cost around $1 billion over the five years ending 2008 and reduces land and water available to food growing, according to ANU research.

The Australian Bull ant, Myrmecia pyriformis marked for identification purposes, returns home with its prized capture, a spider. Photo by Ajay Narendra. Twilight zone a boom time for bull ants

Bull ants wait for twilight before they start foraging for food, instead of just relying on their body clocks or the temperature, according to a new study.

Photo by Sean McGrath (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgraths/) Forget it: ‘Baby brain’ a myth - study

Pregnant women, doctors and midwives should stop blaming memory lapses on their growing babies, according to ANU researchers.

The Malaysian flag. Photo: Nono Fara/Flickr Inside Story: Identity politics

Attacks on Christian churches in Malaysia tell us more about shifting political faultlines than about religious attitudes in this multi-ethnic, multi-faith society, writes Amrita Malhi in Inside Story.


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Recovering Steels Creek

Resilience…new foliage sprouts amongst the devastation of the Black Saturday bushfires near Kinglake, Victoria.

An ANU-led project is helping one Victorian town take control of its own story after the Black Saturday fires. Read about the community history project in ANU Reporter magazine.

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