Woolworths’ AI agent rambled about its ‘mother’. It’s a sign of deeper problems with the tech rollout
Recently some Australian shoppers got more than they bargained for when they chatted with Woolworths’…
ancient fossils shed light on a key period in human evolution
Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin…
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily…
Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?
In graduate school, my experimental archaeology professor told a student to create a door socket…
Raincoat no longer waterproof? A textile scientist explains why – and how to fix it
Alesia Kazantceva/Unsplash You pull on your rain jacket, step out into the storm, and within…
A cosmic explosion with the force of a billion Suns went unseen – until we caught its echo
Some of the universe’s most extreme explosions leave behind almost no trace. The original explosion…
From fragmented to connected: a shared hub for Europe’s AI
Across Europe, researchers are using AI to tackle everything from underwater noise pollution to media…
1 protein to rule them all – why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model can help scientists streamline biology
Fruit flies, mice, zebra fish, yeast and the tiny worm C. elegans are model organisms…
Scientists have identified unique sounds for 8 fish species
Have you ever wished you could swim like a fish? How about speak like one?…
new survey of the sky will reveal the universe in unprecedented detail
When you look up at the night sky, it appears unchanging. But if you look…