AI is not a magic wand – it has built-in problems that are difficult to fix and can be dangerous
By now, all of us have heard and read a lot about artificial intelligence (AI).…
what happens when a plane collides with a bird?
Late last night, Virgin Australia flight VA 148 set out from Queenstown in New Zealand…
A look at East Asia and Vietnam’s religious landscape, change
Typically, East Asia is considered to encompass China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea,…
Excavating data from digs done decades ago and connecting with today’s communities
The ancestors of Alaska Native people began using local copper sources to craft intricate tools…
Deadly border technologies are increasingly employed to violently deter migration
In late May 2024, I travelled to the United States-Mexico border to study the smart-wall…
Some of Earth’s most ancient lifeforms can live on hydrogen – and we can learn from their chemical powers
Three-quarters of all matter in the universe is made up of hydrogen. The young Earth…
Nations realise they need to take risks or lose the race to the Moon
The Nasa-led Artemis-3 mission will place the first human boots on the surface of the…
Wastewater surveillance reveals pathogens in Detroit’s population, helping monitor and predict disease outbreaks since 2017
Wastewater surveillance hit the big time during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when officials…
Start by upping your password game – ‘12345’ doesn’t cut it
If you type the term “password cyberattack” into Google News, the results will show just…
Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What happened?
Neanderthals, the closest cousins of modern humans, lived in parts of Europe and Asia until…