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UOW’s new Liberal Arts Major to foster critical thinkers for a complex future
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National conference to champion Australia’s next generation of researchers
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Fresh clues to the life and times of the Denisovans, a little-known ancient group of humans
New studies provide the first robust timeline for when Denisovans - and Neanderthals - occupied Denisova Cave in Siberia
Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices
Research has shown that off-the-shelf video games can also aid learning 鈥� particularly when it comes to the development of spatial skills.
El Chapo trial shows why a wall won't stop drugs from crossing the US-Mexico border
The trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaqu铆n 鈥淓l Chapo鈥� Guzm谩n Loera has exposed just how powerful Mexico鈥檚 cartels really are.
Should teaching students who fail a literacy and numeracy test be barred from teaching?
Starting this year, teaching students won鈥檛 be able to register as teachers unless they pass a literacy and numeracy test.聽
Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth
Geology has shaped life's emergence on Earth, now there is growing evidence that life has shaped our planet.
Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politicians
With confidence in politicians at an all-time low, it would be easy to assume criminal law-making is only ever about 鈥渓aw and order鈥� bidding and winning elections.