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Our two-million-year-old ancestors continually breastfed infants from birth until they were about one year old, an analysis of teeth has revealed. Led by Southern Cross University and Monash University, the international team behind the study looked at teeth from Australopithecus ...

A Queensland university professor who was unlawfully sacked for breaching confidentiality directions is back in court. The hearing in the Brisbane Federal Circuit Court on Thursday and today will determine what penalties James Cook University should pay for dismissing Professor ...

“I did it, but…” Teachers hear this phrase a lot when asking students to hand in their homework, but perhaps it’ll be said a little less thanks to a new Deakin University project. Engineers designed a smart school bag that ...

Temporary skilled migrants have not displaced Australian workers despite fears immigrants threaten the local job market, new analysis by an independent economic organisation has revealed. Research by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has also shown immigration has ...

Senator Michaelia Cash has vowed to lift the profile of Australia’s VET sector. Speaking at the 28th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference last week, the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business said she wants to make ...

In the heat of mid-January, when every university and college in Australia was “in market” for semester one recruitment, a CSIRO scientist invented a random university slogan generator (see image), a VERY simple word randomiser. Activate, Realise, Be, Disrupt, Push, ...

A dazzling spectacle confronts visitors stepping into the atrium at Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) brand new Peter Coaldrake Education Precinct at its Kelvin Grove campus: a five-metre diameter digital sphere, suspended from the ceiling and displaying fully digital content ...

A scientific study says a dancing cockatoo, which found fame online, shows that spontaneous and diverse dance moves are not unique to humans. Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, grooves spontaneously to popular music, exhibiting several creative and distinct moves, including head ...

Leading computer science university Massachusetts Institute of Technology will set-up a new research centre in Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen CBD innovation precinct. MIT will establish a Living Lab to bring together public and private research sectors and analyse data, Premier Steven ...

More than 83 per cent of Australians support the federal government’s mandatory vaccination policy, a new survey suggests. Joint research by academics from the University of Sydney and University of Western Australia, published on Tuesday, indicates an overwhelming majority of ...