Is climate change affecting parent choices?
New research is asking whether Australian women consider the world a safe and promising place for children and the next generation to flourish. The national study […]
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Flinders on the map at History Festival
Matthew Flinders: The Man Behind The Map, a new collection of historical insights into Flinders University’s namesake, will be launched as part of South Australia’s History […]
Green light for Flinders students
Eleven outstanding Flinders University students will receive vital support from this year’s Playford Memorial Trust Scholarship program. Playford Trust scholarships and awards aim to help students […]
Grave health of our pioneer settlers
In one of the first studies of its kind, Australian scientists have investigated the health and economic status of a group of migrant settlers to colonial […]
Ancient humans impact African island environment
Humanity’s impact on the environment is often framed in the context of the post-industrial era but new archaeological research reveals how intensive land use by a […]
WW2 internment camp offers glimpse into SA’s past
As 80th anniversary commemorations for the Darwin bombings take place in February 2022, a wartime journal written by a Japanese prisoner in South Australia’s most notorious […]
Health signs signal change
The use of COVID-19 health warnings and regulation in posters and public signage has effectively turned much of the responsibility and policing of compliance back on […]
Virtual reality reveals secrets of WWII wreck
80 years since the first sinking of a Japanese submarine by a Royal Australian Navy warship during World War II, a new virtual reality experience developed […]
Out of this world experiment lands in space
A world-first – or solar system-first – archaeological project has this week begun on the International Space Station. Led by archaeologists Associate Professor Alice Gorman from […]