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Esteemed lecturers inspire a career in STEM

Michelle Guzik sat up and listened at university. And the impact of those lectures has never left her.
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Fossil discovery rewrites history of modern human arrival in Europe
Human occupation in Europe was almost 10,000 years earlier than previously documented, a discovery that stands to rewrite modern human and Neanderthal histories on the continent.
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50 regional and remote schools embark on a mission to uncover new insect species

Schools across South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia will document their local insect biodiversity and discover new insects in their area.
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Australia's deadliest snakes arrived by sea

New research led by the University of Adelaide has found the first tangible evidence that the ancestors of some of Australia’s most venomous snakes arrived by sea rather than by land.
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Climate change: Ancient DNA study provides clues to the disappearance of lions and bears

New research suggests a change in climate is the likely cause of the mysterious disappearance of ancient lions and bears from parts of North America for a thousand years or more prior to the last Ice Age.
$10 million boost for University of Adelaide research

New Australian Research Council funding paves the way for further discoveries.
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A secret life at Secret Rocks - Unexpected regeneration after fire

Tiny insects that live on Eucalyptus leaves have been forced to travel vast distances or change what they eat to survive, after bushfires destroyed their habitat.
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How humans catalysed the extinction of the woolly mammoth

New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously thought.
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Examining Earth’s oldest complex fossils using AI

University of Adelaide scientists will develop computer vision and machine-learning techniques to examine the fossil evidence of the Ediacara Biota – the earliest evidence of complex life.
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Can we extract ancient DNA from dinosaurs?

Delve into the science behind ancient DNA – what exactly is it, and how easy is it to extract from remains?
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