An eerie ‘digital afterlife’ is no longer science fiction. So how do we navigate the risks?
Imagine a future where your phone pings with a message that your dead father’s “digital…
We’ve pinpointed the brain areas which drive mood bias
Moods and emotions play an important role in our day-to-day life. They even influence how…
Arborglyphs – Basque immigrant sheepherders left their marks on aspen trees in the American West
Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees…
World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years
The landscape along the Buffels River in South Africa’s Namaqualand region is dotted with thousands…
Age verification for pornography access? Our research shows it fails on many levels
The Australian government has announced a A$6.5 million trial of “age assurance” technology to restrict…
Space radiation can damage satellites − my team discovered that a next-generation material could self-heal when exposed to cosmic rays
The space environment is harsh and full of extreme radiation. Scientists designing spacecraft and satellites…
Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a doomed overpopulated island
Conventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, once…
how we found remnants of Earth’s primordial crust near Perth
Our planet was born around 4.5 billion years ago. To understand this mind-bendingly long history,…
How Israeli Society Has Unified, Divided Amid the Israel-Hamas War
Israelis are more pessimistic than optimistic about the future of their political system Protestors hold…
Kangaroo teeth grow forever – and keep a record of their owner’s age and sex
How do you find out the age of a wild animal? For some Australian marsupials,…