What’s it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues
What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on…
Climate change is killing trees in Queensland’s tropical rainforests
In recent years, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast has seen multiple events of mass coral bleaching as…
Wrong, Elon Musk: the big problem with free speech on platforms isn’t censorship. It’s the algorithms
Imagine there is a public speaking square in your city, much like the ancient Greek agora. Here you can freely…
A fossil tooth places enigmatic ancient humans in Southeast Asia
What do a finger bone and some teeth found in the frigid Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai mountains have in…
How Virtual Phone Numbers Can Help Protect Your Identity
Do you freely give out your phone number when you’re signing up on a shopping website or meeting a new…
Exposing the “Digital ID is a Human Right” Scam
By Derrick Broze A major component of the Great Reset-Technocratic Agenda is the implementation of a worldwide digital identity scheme.…
The Rise and Fall of Netflix
» PODCAST | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg Netflix has been the king of streaming for a decade, but recently the competition has caught…
Baby oysters follow the crackling sound of snapping shrimp
Though oysters may be brainless bivalves, they can “hear” and swim towards attractive sounds of the sea. We played the…
AI, philosophy and religion: what machine learning can tell us about the Bhagavad Gita
Machine learning and other artificial intelligence (AI) methods have had immense success with scientific and technical tasks such as predicting…
Tug of war between survival and reproductive fitness: how chameleons become brighter without predators around
Invasive species offer a rare research opportunity, as they often colonise new environments very different to their native habitat. One…
Australia’s future depends on science. Here’s what our next government needs to do about it
The longer you live through a crisis, the less likely you are to fully appreciate that you’re in one. This…
Privacy Advocates Celebrate “Big Win” Against Facial Recognition Giant
By Jessica Corbett A historic settlement filed in court on Monday highlighted the power of Illinois’ strong privacy law and…
Stuff-up or conspiracy? Whistleblowers claim Facebook deliberately let important non-news pages go down in news blackout
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published information from Facebook whistleblowers, alleging Facebook (which is owned by Meta) deliberately caused…
How a volcanic bombardment in ancient Australia led to the world’s greatest climate catastrophe
Some 252 million years ago the world was going through a tumultuous period of rapid global warming. To understand what…
What are NFT Scams?
Non-fungible tokens – known as NFTs – are distinctive digital assets representing objects like art, music, videos, and games that…
Meet the territorial females and matriarchs in Australia’s backyard
Social structure is an important aspect of species’ biology. Having a pecking order and male or female territoriality can help…
Beyond angry protesters and inked arms, there’s this First Nations story of the Southern Cross – one of unity and belonging
Can the Southern Cross represent Australian identity? Waved by a proud athlete or an angry protester, inked into skin or…
China’s ‘innovation machine’: how it works, how it’s changing and why it matters
China has had the world’s fastest growing economy since the 1980s. A key driver of this extraordinary growth has been…