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• Perth’s trapdoor spiders living on ‘burrowed’ time

  Leanda Mason is a Curtin PhD student leading Perth's trapdoor spider conservation movement.

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• Malaysian discovery sheds new light on early Earth

  Geologists from Curtin Malaysia have dated a grain of zircon at 4.2 billion years old, making it the second-oldest rock ever discovered, behind another rock also found by Curtin geologists in 2001.

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• Researchers in focus: Professor Teri Balser

  Professor Teri Balser’s frontier-challenging leadership in teaching and research across environmental studies disciplines has seen her awarded the title of John Curtin Distinguished Professor.

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• Researchers in focus: Professor Kingsley Dixon

  Professor Kingsley Dixon's investigation of Australian plant species has set him on a journey that has seen him awarded the title of John Curtin Distinguished Professor.

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• Ancient Arctic plant DNA unlocks climate change from the past

  Paleoclimatologist Sarah Crump is literally digging up the past to predict how the Arctic may be affected by future climate change.

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• Now you see us: how casting an eerie glow on fish can help count and conserve them

  News stories about fish often focus either on large fish like sharks, or on tasty seafood. So it might come as a surprise that more than half of the fish on coral reefs are tiny and well camouflaged.

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• Curtin University researchers discover part of North America in northern Australia

  The rocks bear striking similarities to those found in North America, suggesting that part of northern Australia was actually part of North America 1.7 million years ago.

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• Earth’s mid-life crisis – new research backs ‘lull’ in the geologic record

  New research backing claims that the Earth experienced a ‘geological lull’ in its development around 2.3 to 2.2 billion years ago has just been released by Curtin University.

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• From tailings to trees, mine site restoration needs more time

  More time is needed to allow for adequate mine site restoration practices, according to a new paper from the ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration (CMSR).

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• Earth’s heartbeat

  Molten rock pulses deep inside Earth, and WA scientists are studying it to help us to understand volcanic activity around the world.

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