South Africa’s cold weather has arrived — some tips on how to stay warm and safe
Research shows that the world is undoubtedly warming. And, as the global average temperature keeps…
Researchers built an analogue computer that uses water waves to forecast the chaotic future
Can a computer learn from the past and anticipate what will happen next, like a…
The highly secretive Five Eyes alliance has disrupted a China-backed hacker group – in an unusually public manner
This week the Five Eyes alliance – an intelligence alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom,…
Crocodile’s ‘virgin birth’ is a first for science’s history books
Stories of virgin births, where young are produced without fertilisation, have been told throughout history.…
Apple’s new Vision Pro mixed-reality headset could bring the metaverse back to life
The metaverse — a shared online space incorporating 3D graphics where users can interact virtually…
World’s oldest ‘Homo sapiens’ footprint identified on South Africa’s Cape south coast
Just over two decades ago, as the new millennium began, it seemed that tracks left…
Are they becoming more common? A seismology expert explains
Last night at 11:41pm local time, the greater Melbourne region was shaken by a magnitude…
Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world’s most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe
After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of…
What are the long-term effects of quitting social media? Almost nobody can log off long enough to find out
Being on social media has become synonymous with living in the 21st century. Year after…
Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins
Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot…