Renting a home in Australia means handing over too much sensitive info. It’s a national security risk
Our personal information is more valuable than ever. The most recent government cyber threat report…
A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data
Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: “vegetative electron microscopy”.…
Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites – ancient…
Changing the Eurocentric narrative about the history of science – why multiculturalism matters
The medieval Islamic mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al Haytham (965 – c. 1040) lived in…
Support dips for restrictions on false, violent online content
Public support for the U.S. government or tech companies taking steps to restrict false information…
If you scoop a bucket of water out of the ocean, does it get lower?
If you scoop a bucket of water out of the ocean, does it get lower?…
where chip implants will be heading soon
In the 1987 classic film RoboCop, the deceased Detroit cop Alex Murphy is reborn as…
Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century
In the recent flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump, one warned of “a…
Black holes spew out powerful jets that span millions of light-years – we’re trying to understand their whole life cycle
There is a supermassive black hole at the centre of nearly every big galaxy –…
Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature
The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple…