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  2. Thumbnail for Shrinking glaciers offer surprising benefits for one species

    Shrinking glaciers offer surprising benefits for one species

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/55-shrinking-glaciers-offer-surprising-benefits-for-one-species
    18 Mar 2016: Shrinking glaciers in the Antarctic is a global concern. But for one species, there are surprising benefits. A study led by Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researcher Jane Younger has found that Adelie penguins in East Antarctica
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    The “boring billion” is anything but...

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/80-the-boring-billion-is-anything-but
    6 May 2016: PhDs should always tackle the big questions- but Indrani Mukherjee is investigating some of the biggest of all. Why are we here? More importantly how did we come into being? The answer is millions of years ago a single celled organism decided to
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    Unlocking insights from one of the world’s greatest archives

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/68-unlocking-insights-from-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-archives
    14 Apr 2016: Tasmania is one of the few places on the planet where it is possible to study intergenerational health issues. This is because the settler population was amongst the best documented in the British Empire. Why? They came against their will. The life
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    Big science, tiny lab

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/205-big-science-tiny-lab
    13 Dec 2016: What do analytical chemists do when they need a particular piece of lab equipment? They invent it themselves. Elisenda Fornells Vernet is studying her PhD at the University of Tasmania, and is doing just that. “I’m working in separation science,
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    Recognising differences without denying them

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/47-recognising-differences-without-denying-them
    6 Mar 2016: It’s a contemporary issue that almost everyone has a strong opinion on. Dr Louise Richardson-Self, Lecturer in Philosophy and Gender Studies in the University’s School of Humanities, examines the issue of same-sex marriage in her new book
  7. Thumbnail for Gateway to a new vision for Antarctic connections

    Gateway to a new vision for Antarctic connections

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/88-gateway-to-a-new-vision-for-antarctic-connections
    19 May 2016: Elizabeth Leane’s mission is to integrate science and the humanities. And her latest project will take that mission global. Associate Professor Leane’s slightly unusual dual expertise of science and English (Arts and IMAS) makes her the
  8. Thumbnail for What's the GO with Pokémon and exercise?

    What's the GO with Pokémon and exercise?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/207-whats-the-go-with-pokemon-and-exercise
    19 Dec 2016: Are you one of the millions of Pokémon GO devotees who spends time running around, smartphone in hand, chasing down those elusive Pokémon? This new research project needs your thoughts on how the game might have changed your approach to exercise
  9. Thumbnail for Let's talk about sex, baby

    Let's talk about sex, baby

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/79-lets-talk-about-sex-baby
    2 May 2016: Did you know that Australia has the world’s highest rate of mammal extinctions? More than 10 per cent of all of our mammal species have gone extinct since European settlement. And this is furthered by the extensive number of species currently
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    Designer rice could help beat diabetes, cancer, and obesity

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/172-designer-rice-could-help-beat-diabetes-cancer-and-obesity
    20 Oct 2016: Scientists have discovered a way to increase the production of resistant starch in rice, which could have beneficial health consequences for more than half of the world’s population. University of Tasmania School of Biological Sciences Professor
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    Tasmanian Devils evolving in response to deadly facial tumours

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/155-tasmanian-devils-evolving-in-response-to-deadly-facial-tumours
    31 Aug 2016: Tasmanian devils may avoid extinction, with new evidence they are evolving genetic resistance to the deadly facial tumour disease. An international team of scientists - including University of Tasmania wildlife ecologist Associate Professor Menna

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