Justice reinvestment emerged in the United States more than 20 years ago as a way to reduce mass incarceration and its vast costs by addressing the social drivers of imprisonment.
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
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In 2015, Gkuthaarn and Kukatj community members of Queensland's Gulf Country invited us to excavate, analyze, and rebury the skeletal remains of eight young Indigenous people who died near the town of Normanton in the late ...
Archaeology
May 1, 2023
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Indigenous Australians have conducted cultural burning for at least ten millennia and the practice helped reduce bushfire risk in the past, our new research shows.
Environment
Apr 17, 2023
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What are "fairy circles"? They are polka dots of bare earth, regularly scattered across arid grasslands. Scientists first described fairy circles in Namibia in the 1970s and sparked a global debate in the scientific community ...
Ecology
Apr 8, 2023
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Fairy circles—barren patches which make polka-dot patterns in dry and desert areas—were first described by scientists in Namibia in the 1970s, sparking global debate about the phenomenon.
Ecology
Apr 4, 2023
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Half of the world's languages are endangered and more than a thousand are expected to be lost in coming decades. A team at UCL is using animation software to preserve these languages in an entirely new way.
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2023
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Apart from managing the land, Indigenous people have also managed waterways, including the Murray River and the Darling/Baaka River, for thousands of years.
Archaeology
Dec 16, 2022
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Southeast Australia's bushfire crisis culminated in the devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020 that burnt nearly 25 million hectares of bush.
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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Little is known of the mysterious Denisovans. These distant relatives of the Neanderthals roamed eastern and southern Eurasia but left little trace of their time on Earth.
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 3, 2022
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It's essential for non-Aboriginal researchers to establish relationships with First Nations people when conducting research in their communities.
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2022
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