Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet?…
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Since its founding in 2016, Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink has had the ambitious mission to build a next-generation brain…
Figuring out how to enhance a person’s mental capabilities has been of considerable interest to psychology and neuroscience researchers like…
Today, 80% of Australia is arid, but it was not always that way. In the early Pliocene, 5.4 to 3.6…
Fungi are present on the skin of around 70% of the population, without causing harm or benefit. Some fungal infections,…
Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand.…
Opioid drugs such as morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: The kindly face delivers pain relief…
The world missed the boat with social media. It fuelled misinformation, fake news, and polarisation. We saw the harms too…
Takeaways: A new federal agency to regulate AI sounds helpful but could become unduly influenced by the tech industry. Instead,…
Impact cratering happens on every solid body in the Solar System. In fact, it is the dominant process affecting the…