Melbourne University Press (MUP)

Environment
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When Australia’s first Environment Ambassador helped save Antarctica from mining
Australia has had a special Ambassador for the Environment since 1989, and without that first appointment, Antarctica might’ve been open to commercial mining

Health & Medicine
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How epigenetics is transforming our understanding of evolution
A new book reveals how a population’s non-genetic responses to environmental change are central to the process of evolution

Politics & Society
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The China divide
What would Australia do if the United States went to war against China? It’s a question that’s been discussed candidly behind closed doors

Politics & Society
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The making and unmaking of the East-West Link
A new book explores how Melbourne’s multi-billion dollar East-West Link that promised to knit the city together was stymied from the start