Australia’s government has woken up to the risks of AI. More ambition is needed
This week, Andrew Charlton, the federal assistant minister for science and technology, issued a stark…
Why you are seeing bees struggling to survive this summer
You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the…
Ivermectin isn’t a cancer miracle drug, but influencers claim otherwise – here’s how to avoid sprinting past scientific evidence
Though researchers have been studying the animal deworming drug ivermectin for decades, there is no…
Do your dreams have smells? New study on ‘blind minds’ reveals vast differences in imagination
It’s common to think we all have similar experiences of life. But the more we…
AI can predict how you’ll respond to a survey. But that’s not the same as understanding you
What makes people change their minds, or their behaviour? Social scientists spend a lot of…
How AI and digital data shape our understanding of migration
When millions of people fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion in 2022, governments and humanitarian organizations…
Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions
Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological…
Iran’s environmental catastrophe has also wrecked its economy
For several decades, Iran has devoted substantial financial, institutional and political resources to military expansion.…
How does a Telstra outage bring down trains? A telco expert explains
Australians woke up this morning to a major outage affecting Telstra, the largest telecommunications network…
Does it help to report poor government service in South Africa? Study finds what’s missing
Across South Africa, there are various ways for people to report issues like broken infrastructure,…