Superb fairy-wrens’ songs hold clues to their personalities, new study finds
When we think of bird songs, we often imagine a cheerful soundtrack during our morning…
South Africans don’t donate enough blood – technology can help drive the numbers
The shortage of blood for medical use is a global challenge. South Africa is not…
Getting AIs working toward human goals − study shows how to measure misalignment
Ideally, artificial intelligence agents aim to help humans, but what does that mean when humans…
AI-powered robots help tackle Europe’s growing e-waste problem
Just outside the historic German town of Goslar, a sprawling industrial complex receives an endless…
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…
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…