Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope
Earlier this month, Australia’s long-anticipated National AI Plan was released to a mixed reception. The…
How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark’s oldest plank boat – with the help of an ancient fingerprint
Around 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of…
Accelerating the adoption of innovation on-farm – UKRI
The Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) fund is part of the Department for…
Why can’t I wiggle my toes one at a time, like my fingers?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
Lesotho missionary’s notes tell the story
For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with “discovering” fossils in…
male dolphins with close friends age more slowly
For more than 40 years, researchers in Shark Bay, Western Australia, have been watching the…
AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving
Zohran Mamdani as a creepy trick-or-treater, Gavin Newsom body-slamming Donald Trump and Hakeem Jeffries in…
AI’s errors may be impossible to eliminate – what that means for its use in health care
In the past decade, AI’s success has led to uncurbed enthusiasm and bold claims –…
If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids’ photos online?
As Australia’s ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate…
Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered…