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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
  3. Thumbnail for Why scientists are keeping tabs on life at Earth’s final frontier

    Why scientists are keeping tabs on life at Earth’s final frontier

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/469-why-scientists-are-keeping-tabs-on-life-at-earths-final-frontier
    28 Nov 2017: “One of the things I love telling my students is no matter what David Attenborough says, Antarctica is not pristine. It’s been majorly messed with,” said Mark Hindell, Professor of marine science at the University of Tasmania in Australia.
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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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  9. 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
  10. Thumbnail for Here's why fat is everything in the coldest place on Earth

    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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    Why experts are predicting this species will change the future of food

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/473-why-experts-are-predicting-this-species-will-change-the-future-of-food
    28 Nov 2017: As freakishly warm weather continues to wreak havoc on rainfall over the Pacific, the risk of major droughts and flooding has begun to surge around the world. But there’s another threat to our farmlands that’s a whole lot harder to see –

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