How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI
You might have heard that artificial intelligence is going to revolutionize everything, save the world…
Why is Amazon building a ‘top secret’ $2 billion cloud for Australia’s military intelligence?
Amazon has secured a A$2 billion contract with the Australian Signals Directorate – the agency…
Photos of Australian kids have been found in a massive AI training data set. What can we do?
Photos of Australian children have been used without consent to train artificial intelligence (AI) models…
Even short trips to space can change an astronaut’s biology − a new set of studies offers the most comprehensive look at spaceflight health since NASA’s Twins Study
Only about 600 people have ever traveled to space. The vast majority of astronauts over…
AI could revolutionise environmental planning – if we don’t get trapped in the ‘iron cage of rationality’
Increasingly low-cost environmental sensors coupled with AI-powered analytical tools dangle the promise of faster and…
Google’s use of AI to power search shows its problematic approach to organizing information
From government documents to news reports, commerce, music and social interactions, much of the world’s…
To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask ‘what if?’
If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world…
Why most people are right handed but left eyed
Whether you’re left, right or ambidextrous, “handedness” is part of our identity. But a lot…
NZ is moving closer to digital IDs – it’s time to rethink how we protect our valuable data
New Zealand shifted closer towards digital credentials for access to online services this week with…