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Thursday 10 September 2026
190,000-year-old cave reveals how ancient human species lived and adapted
Read more about 190,000-year-old cave reveals how ancient human species lived and adaptedThursday 10 September 2026
UOW backs NSW investment in innovation and research commercialisation
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Environment and Energy, Science and Technology
The first wave of bird flu is the worst: what Australia can learn from overseas
Whether a bird species collapses or merely stumbles under H5N1 depends less on the virus itself than on habitat, nutrition and the other pressures already stacked against it
Environment and Energy
Backlash is often swift when authorities try to plan retreat from the coast. There’s a better way
Climate change adaptation needs to be a collaborative and community-driven project
Environment and Energy, Research
Lake mud reveals 7,000 years of Kangaroo Island’s complex fire history
Without First Nations people, Kangaroo Island has burned widely over the past 2,000 years as the climate got drier.
Health and Medicine, Science and Technology
Spray-on skin pioneer Fiona Wood to speak at UOW on innovation in skin regeneration
World-renowned surgeon will deliver keynote at 2026 Bill Wheeler Symposium on how to translate medical research into real patient impact
Community, Environment and Energy, International, Research
Indigenous-led weed management research wins international award
The prize-winning report explores how Indigenous perspectives can transform environmental management and healing of Country
Business and Economy, Community
Dr Tamantha Stutchbury named 2026 Wollongong Local Woman of the Year
iAccelerate Director honoured for visionary leadership advancing women and inclusive innovation