• Read more about Rare and threatened shark found in the Roper River for the first time

Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers and First Nations Yugul Mangi Rangers have discovered a new population of a rare and threatened shark species in the Northern Territory’s Roper River. 

The Speartooth Shark or Glyphis glyphis is a rare species of river shark that inhabits only a small number of tropical rivers and adjacent marine waters in northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea. 

• Read more about Farmers astutely managing climate change

Australian farmers are becoming climate change innovators by making significant strategic decisions such as planting crops at different times to normal to better position their businesses and accommodate climate change uncertainty, new research shows.

• Read more about Don’t keep your lips sealed about this band

Alice Springs locals Ruby Hill and Alex Shaw, better known as up-and-coming garage pop-rock band Sealed Lips, are taking their act to the next level thanks to the courses and lecturers from Charles Darwin University (CDU).

The band is releasing their first music video ‘Endless Nights’ which they filmed, edited and produced on their own.

• Read more about Deputy Vice-Chancellor becomes first First Nations member on prestigious national science council

A Charles Darwin University (CDU) executive will join a council of experts to offer advice to the Prime Minister and cabinet on science and technology issues facing Australia. 

CDU Deputy Vice-Chancellor First Nations Leadership Professor Reuben Bolt has been appointed to join the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). 

A proud Yuin/Wandandian and Ngarigo man, Professor Bolt is the first person of Aboriginal heritage to be appointed to the NSTC. 

• Read more about New study reveals kill order for melanoma cells by cannabis extract

A cannabis extract has shown positive results in slowing down melanoma cell growth and increasing cell death rates, a new in-vitro study finds.

Researchers from Charles Darwin University (CDU) and RMIT investigated programmed cell death caused by a specific cannabis extract (cannabinoid PHEC-66) from the cannabis sativa plant.

• Read more about Study examines Māori response during COVID-19

A study into the social response of Māori during the COVID-19 pandemic has found the interconnectedness of Indigenous communities could be key to developing greater and more effective public health policies. 

The study by Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Auckland University of Technology focused on how members of a remote hapū (sub-tribe) from Ngāti Kahungunu, a tribe along the East Coast of the North Island, maintained connectedness during and after COVID-19 through a scoping review and series of interviews.

• Read more about Can AI write laws? Lawyer puts ChatGPT to the test

A Charles Darwin University (CDU) academic has answered one of the modern-day legal world’s most burning questions: Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) write laws? 

New research by CDU Associate Professor Guzyal Hill put ChatGPT to the test by asking it to compare, analyse and produce domestic violence legislation, exploring the quality of its legal draft work alongside the Australian Law Council.