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Over 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell asked the readers of National Geographic to do…
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What does AI mean for Australian democracy? And what can we do about it?
Last week, the head of Australia’s election regulator warned the organisation “does not possess the…
Digital voting technology and social media can be a force for good – and bad
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The Asian American Middle Class – Key Facts, Data, Trends
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Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings
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The rush to return humans to the Moon and build lunar bases could threaten opportunities for astronomy
The 2020s have already seen many lunar landing attempts, although several of them have crashed…
Israel-Hamas War: How Israelis See It
Jewish Israelis and Arab Israelis see the war very differently Israelis in Tel Aviv gaze…
Tonga’s volcanic eruption could cause unusual weather for the rest of the decade, new study shows
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (Hunga Tonga for short) erupted on January 15 2022 in the Pacific…
What’s that in my nest? How the evolutionary arms race between cuckoos and hosts creates new species
How do new species arise? And why are there so many of them? One possible…