The ocean can look deceptively calm – until it isn’t. Here’s what ‘hazardous surf’ really means
Over the Easter weekend, seven people drowned along the Australian coast. Most were swept off…
Fake models for fast fashion? What AI clones mean for our jobs — and our identities
In the heart of New York City’s Times Square, there are signs of an artificial…
How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance
A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board reported an unusual spike in potentially sensitive…
my research shows voting behaviour could help identify faithfuls
With the lineup of the upcoming celebrity series of The Traitors recently leaked online, people…
Why do Labor and the Coalition have so many similar policies? It’s simple mathematics
Pundits and political scientists like to repeat that we live in an age of political…
Perfect brownies baked at high altitude are possible thanks to Colorado’s home economics pioneer Inga Allison
Many bakers working at high altitudes have carefully followed a standard recipe only to reach…
Some politicians who share harmful information are rewarded with more clicks, study finds
What happens when politicians post false or toxic messages online? My team and I found…
Even experts disagree over whether social media is bad for kids. We examined why
Disagreement and uncertainty are common features of everyday life. They’re also common and expected features…
Tiny dips in sea level reveal flow of climate-regulating underwater waterfalls
Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off…
150 years ago, the Metre Convention determined how we measure the world — a radical initiative for the time
On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to…