Tabitha Carvan is a Senior Writer at the ANU College of Science.

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The serious business of funny science

When Dr Lara Gillan visited Questacon as a child, she was too scared to drop into the infamous free…

8 August 2024



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Free as a bird: how forensic genomics is helping to stop wildlife trafficking

Researchers have developed a way to protect parrots from the illegal wildlife trade. DNA databases are often used…


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Can a wild animal make your house feel like a home?

Every evening in our old house, always around the same time, we’d hear the rumpeta-rumpeta-rumpeta on the roof. “The possums…


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We asked physicists to tell us about a time they failed

One thing about stories of scientific failure is they usually start with the exciting possibility of discovering something…

4 January 2024



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Star witness: why would you find this ANU astrophysicist in court?

As an astrophysicist, Dr Brad Tucker is frequently asked for expert commentary. You might have caught him on…


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Two towers of strength: how ANU is driving Australian nuclear science

When you see the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility at The Australian National University (ANU) – which, if you…


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The truth behind the quest to find the elusive night parrot

For such a small, hapless bird, the night parrot sure gets humans worked up. It’s the holy grail…


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Why do ANU astronomy students burn their PhD thesis?

“It was the strangest thing you can imagine,” Professor Ken Freeman says. He is remembering walking through the…

16 December 2022



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Close now to where it must be

Early one morning, in the winter of 1985, Neil Murray of the Warumpi Band was on a coach…

31 July 2020



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Wait, we’re sexist towards birds now?

Sometimes I think I’ve gone too far with seeing the world through a gendered lens. I mean, does…


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More than words: Training doctors to break bad news

“You don’t ever want to go in that room,” Professor Imogen Mitchell says, pointing at a doorway as…

30 July 2019



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