What political ads are Australians seeing online? Astroturfing, fake grassroots groups, and outright falsehoods
In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian federal election, political advertising is seemingly everywhere. We’ve…
Investigators are increasingly using technology in conflict-related sexual assault cases
In the last two weeks of February, humanitarian agencies reported 895 cases of conflict-related rape…
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How human connections shaped the spread of farming among ancient communities
If you’ve ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human…
if heat rises, why does it get colder in the mountains?
If heat rises, why does it get colder as you climb up mountains? – Ollie,…
lessons from Ghana and Rwanda
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‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life
The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in…
Colors are objective, according to two philosophers − even though the blue you see doesn’t match what I see
Is your green my green? Probably not. What appears as pure green to me will…
Scientists claim to have found evidence of alien life. But ‘biosignatures’ might hide more than they reveal
Whether or not we’re alone in the universe is one of the biggest questions in…
Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home – and perished when the climate changed
Large kangaroos today roam long distances across the outback, often surviving droughts by moving in…