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  2. Thumbnail for From Tassie to Scandinavia: An unbear-ably epic research journey

    From Tassie to Scandinavia: An unbear-ably epic research journey

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/261-from-tassie-to-scandinavia-an-unbear-ably-epic-research-journey
    18 Apr 2017: If you knew there was a bear in the wilderness near you, what would you do? For University of Tasmania graduate Jack Beardsley and his canine sidekick Cocoa, part of his job is to approach bears and see how they react. As a member of the
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    Tasmania's new global centre for innovation launched

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/247-tasmanias-new-global-centre-for-innovation-launched
    17 Mar 2017: Launceston will be home to a new advanced manufacturing facility, producing sensors which would previously have been sourced from global hi-tech giants such as Japan and China. Partners today officially opened the University of Tasmania’s Advanced
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    Explainer: What are marine macrofauna?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/467-explainer-what-are-marine-macrofauna
    28 Nov 2017: The ocean is full of weird and wonderful creatures, from the enigmatic handfish to the large and ancient Maugean skate. But what about all the organisms we can’t see? As we zoom in on the oceans’ smallest life forms, just before we hit the realm
  5. Thumbnail for From fish to forests, conflicts to coffee....

    From fish to forests, conflicts to coffee....

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/253-from-fish-to-forests-conflicts-to-coffee
    31 Mar 2017: A new international study led by scientists from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and the University’s Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS) has highlighted how humans are being affected by climate-driven changes in the
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    Some workers ‘cyberloaf’ if they think they can get away with it

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/374-some-workers-cyberloaf-if-they-think-they-can-get-away-with-it
    17 Aug 2017: Sending personal emails, a bit of online shopping, checking out your friend’s holiday snaps on Facebook: if you break up your work day with online activities that aren’t work-related, you may be guilty of “cyberloafing”. Cyberloafing –
  7. Thumbnail for How to cope with the stress of working alone

    How to cope with the stress of working alone

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/230-how-to-cope-with-the-stress-of-working-alone
    1 Feb 2017: The nature of work in the gig economy - where workers have to support themselves and take on the risk associated with the job - undermines some of our fundamental human needs and can create a significant amount of mental stress. People often define
  8. Thumbnail for The search for extraterrestrial life in the water worlds close to home

    The search for extraterrestrial life in the water worlds close to home

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/244-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-in-the-water-worlds-close-to-home
    6 Mar 2017: The discovery of seven exoplanets around a star 40 light years from our Sun has raised the possibility that they could harbour life. Why? Because the astronomers who made the discovery believe some of the planets may have liquid water. And on
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    How does the Venus flytrap work?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/474-how-does-the-venus-flytrap-work
    28 Nov 2017: "This plant, commonly called Venus' fly-trap, is one of the most wonderful in the world,” Charles Darwin wrote in 1875. What did the species Dionaea muscipula do to receive such lofty praise? Well, it can catch a meal as large as a frog; it can
  10. Thumbnail for Explainer: Why do whales strand themselves?

    Explainer: Why do whales strand themselves?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/481-explainer-why-do-whales-strand-themselves
    4 Dec 2017: In June 2015, 337 dead whales were found in a fjord in Chilean Patagonia. It was quickly declared one of the largest whale stranding events known to science. Researchers suggested a recent explosion of toxic red algae could be behind the mysterious
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    Here's why fat is everything in the coldest place on Earth

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/471-heres-why-fat-is-everything-in-the-coldest-place-on-earth
    28 Nov 2017: Nature has dished up some pretty extreme milks over the course of evolution, but hooded seal milk is in a league of its own. While human breast milk contains a relatively modest amount of fat (between three and five per cent), hooded seal milk

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