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    17 Jun, 2009

    Bok, Charlene Heisler and Early Career Research winners announced
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    17 Jun, 2009

    Australian shares in Gruber Cosmology Prize
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    19 May, 2009

    Super Science space and astronomy allocated $160M in federal budget
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    14 Apr, 2009

    Australian Academy of Science elects Professor Warrick Couch
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