When prepping for disaster, don’t forget to pack your teddy bear
Imagine it’s the dead of night. Your phone pings with a text – it’s a…
Physicists zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms with new CERN study
Every second, particles zip through your body at nearly the speed of light. They rain…
What home robots mean for evidence, privacy and the law
A husband in Taiwan suspected his wife of having an affair. In September 2023, he…
Open source tech helps farmers put more trust in digital tools
For a farmer wondering whether to invest in a new digital solution, a successful demonstration…
Australia’s vast Nullarbor Plain hides deep caves that can teach us about alien worlds
Stretching over 200,000 square kilometres across southern Australia, the vast, flat plains of the Nullarbor…
Why do some robots feel creepy? We deliberately built one to find out
Robots no longer exist only in popular culture or science fiction. While we might be…
Why an overactive immune system attacks the bodies of people with lupus but still leaves them vulnerable to infection
Despite having an overactive immune system, people with lupus may still struggle to fight bacterial…
How bacteria hijack viruses to shuffle their own DNA
When you think of viruses, you probably think of flu-like symptoms and quarantines. Humankind has…
The US says it has launched ‘space control weapons’. It plays into the hands of its enemies
US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink this week announced the United States has deployed what…
Tech leaders are calling for an ‘AI slowdown’ – but what would that mean in practice?
On Saturday, Donald Trump said, “We’re leading China on AI… and, frankly, I want to…