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 –…
Diabetes and obesity can damage the liver to the point of failure – but few people know their risk of developing liver disease
Liver disease is frighteningly common worldwide. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, is an…
How a century-old drug could revolutionise cobra bite treatment
About 1.8 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year. Of those, up to…
Why does the Olympics have an ‘AI agenda’ and what does it mean for the future of sport?
The 2024 Summer Olympics, kicking off in Paris on July 26, will be novel for…
It’s hard to reach out to old friends, but doing so may help alleviate loneliness
Millions of Canadians are lonely. This is worrisome because loneliness, defined by the World Health…
Late bedtimes and not enough sleep can harm developing brains – and poorer kids are more at risk
Shorter sleep and later bedtimes are linked to potentially harmful functional changes to parts of…
neuroscience reveals the secrets of better putting – new study
Professional golfers make playing look so effortless, it’s hard to imagine what’s going on inside…
The first published results from Juukan Gorge show 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage was destroyed in mining blast
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains an image of deceased…
Is your desk job killing your back? Ancient Egyptian scribes had the same aches and pains, say researchers
Tens of thousands of years ago, during a period of Egyptian history known as the…