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Friday 4 July 2025
Oldest wooden artefacts ever found in East Asia reveal plant-based diet of ancient humans
Read more about Oldest wooden artefacts ever found in East Asia reveal plant-based diet of ancient humansTuesday 1 July 2025
A new ‘prac payment’ has just kicked in. But it ignores many uni students
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Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics
Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice
UOW expert commentary (17 September)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
High-speed rail plans may finally end Australia’s 40-year wait to get on board
The High Speed Rail Authority has publicly outlined plans that allow for some optimism that Australia could have these trains in the late 2030s
UOW expert commentary (3 September)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
'Wake-up call to humanity'
Research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years
We used 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct Antarctic glaciers before a dramatic collapse
Few observations exist from before the 2002 Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse. We’ve now estimated how many billions of tons of glacier ice were lost – and what it means for the future