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ANU Emeritus Professor Will Steffen dies

Climate Commissioner and co-director of the Canberra Urban and Regional Futures initiative, ANU Emeritus Professor Will Steffen has died overnight. Born in the US in 1947, Steffen completed a BSc in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Missouri in 1970. Steffen moved to Canberra in 1977 to do post-doctorate research at ANU followed by a decade at the CSIRO.

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Peter Dutton

Here's how to get more details on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament

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The government and the opposition are locked in a back-and-forth over the details of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus have dismissed Peter Dutton's demands for more detail as 'disingenuous' Gabrielle Appleby, a constitutional expert at the University of New South Wales and the Indigenous Law Centre, said there was easily digestible and accurate information that people can access if they want to learn more.

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New techniques for accurate measurements of tiny quantum objects

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New research led by a team of scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) has outlined a way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers—a step that could prove useful in a huge range of next-generation technologies, including biomedical sensing.

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Labor's scheme to cut industrial emissions is worryingly flexible

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For years, the ‘safeguard mechanism’ has been widely criticised for lacking teeth. Labor’s new reform doesn’t change that much.

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Innovation

Past, present and future: Who are the women in cybernetics?

Throughout history, the innovation and progression led by women in technological development has far too often been overlooked. This International Women’s Day, we look at some of the fundamental women in the history of technology and their legacies that continue in the brilliant minds of cybernetics today.

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Cracking the code of the manosphere

To celebrate International Women's Day this year, we are sharing the work and stories of our community's change makers in fighting for gender equity and justice. Dubbed the ‘King of the manosphere’, Andrew Tate’s strong stance against feminism and his toxic attitudes towards women more generally have appealed to thousands of men across the world. The ‘manosphere’ is a broad

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