Warn, hide or stand out? How colour in the animal world is a battle for survival
The animal world is incredibly colourful, and behind this colour palette is a constant game…
AI systems can easily lie and deceive us – a fact researchers are painfully aware of
In the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, astronaut Dave Bowman asks the ship’s artificial…
A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist
You’re in a meeting when your boss suggests changing a number to make the quarterly…
How researchers are making precision agriculture more affordable
Farmers are under pressure. Fertilizer costs have soared in recent years. Tariffs are increasing equipment…
Stuck on a problem? Talking to a rubber duck might unlock the solution
You’re neck-deep in IKEA assembly instructions. Furniture parts lie strewn across the floor. Your new…
Information could be a fundamental part of the universe – and may explain dark energy and dark matter
For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein’s general…
NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its…
What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields
Precision agriculture uses tools and technologies such as GPS and sensors to monitor, measure and…
What a newly discovered gas bridge between galaxies tells us about the cosmic cycle of matter
Most of the ordinary matter in the universe is hydrogen. But surprisingly, less than 20%…
Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?
Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays’s great penguins – emperors and kings…