Social media is like sex – young people need education, not unrealistic bans
The federal government has committed to a national plan to ban children from social media.…
Apple’s iPhone 16 launch shows AI is shaking up the tech giant’s core market
As someone who helped set up one of the first iPhones back in late 2007…
Found dead in the snow − how microbes can help pinpoint time of death for forensic investigations in frigid conditions
What happens to a dead body in an extremely cold environment? Does it decompose? How…
South African astronomers join forces with NASA to learn more about the dwarf planet
When the International Astronomical Union announced in 2006 that Pluto was being demoted from its…
South Australia is proposing a law to ban kids under 14 from social media. How would it work?
The South Australian government is moving ahead with plans to ban children under 14 from…
Long COVID inflicts deep scars on the lungs, but targeting specific immune cells could reverse damage − new research in mice
The long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health…
Guilt over kids’ screen time is common, uncomfortable and can stress family relationships − but it can have a silver lining
What parent hasn’t been there? It’s been a long day, you still have dinner to…
The government says more people need to use AI. Here’s why that’s wrong
The Australian government this week released voluntary artificial intelligence (AI) safety standards, alongside a proposals…
Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation
Using information from inside the rocks on Earth’s surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics…
Training AI requires more data than we have — generating synthetic data could help solve this challenge
The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence like OpenAI’s GPT-4 has brought remarkable advancements, but…