Your world is different from a pigeon’s – but a new theory explains how we can still live in the same reality
The human eye registers three colours of light: red, green and blue. But pigeons (and…
Why are we finding so many Australian shipwrecks lately? There’s one research vessel helping uncover the past
On August 23 1969, the coastal freighter MV Noongah departed Newcastle bound for Townsville with…
How AI bots spread misinformation online and undermine democratic politics
Consider a typical morning routine: coffee in hand, you peruse Twitter (now rebranded as X)…
Cheesemaking is a complex science – a food chemist explains the process from milk to mozzarella
Cheese is a relatively simple food. It’s made with milk, enzymes – these are proteins…
FraudGPT and other malicious AIs are the new frontier of online threats. What can we do?
The internet, a vast and indispensable resource for modern society, has a darker side where…
Nasa’s science mission spacecraft are at risk from hackers, but a new law could help protect them
Nasa’s missions are some of the most technologically advanced and critically important endeavours. From the…
Seafloor sediment reveals previously unknown volcanic eruption 520,000 years ago in south Aegean Sea
“Core on deck!” For two months, whenever I heard that cry, I would run up…
What the public can do to help stop the spread
The sight of a swarm of wasps, or even just a single wasp, strikes fear…
An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge
In May, a multibillion-dollar UK-based multinational called Informa announced in a trading update that it…
The Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic splashes to restart the experiments
When you push “start” on your microwave or computer, the device flips right on –…