Advertising is coming to AI chatbots — and it could influence the answers you get
When Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were still university researchers, they warned that…
Peptides are spreading on social media. Here’s how platforms can better protect public health
Scroll through social media these days and you’ll likely come across someone injecting themselves with…
Neuroscience offers new insights into how our brain solves ‘the cocktail party problem’
Imagine you are at a cocktail party. The room is crowded, people are coming and…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will use gravity as a magnifying glass to find distant planets
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on Aug. 30, 2026, beginning a journey that…
Why do I talk in my sleep? A sleep psychologist explains
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
An opt-out system for AI companies to access creative works doesn’t gel with Australia’s copyright laws. Here’s why
The ground is shifting beneath the feet of Australian authors and other creatives. A leaked…
What does a good data centre future look like? And how do we get there?
Australia is in the middle of a rapid data centre rollout. Warehouses full of computer…
How to know if you can trust an AI’s answer to your question
I recently typed a simple question into Google search: How much screen time is too…
OpenAI may have solved the Navier-Stokes equation — but mathematics is more than $1 million trophy hunts
Last week, OpenAI shared a proposed solution to the “Navier-Stokes equation” — one of the…
We found the hidden force that created two chains of underwater volcanoes running side by side
Lord Howe Island sits about 600 kilometres off the New South Wales coast, a crescent…