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If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling

Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology

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New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years

Alan Cooper, Charles Sturt University and Pavle Arsenovic, University of Natural Resources and Life Science (BOKU)

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We mapped the entire bilby genome – and now we can use poo to save Australia’s ‘Easter bunny’ from extinction

Carolyn Hogg, University of Sydney and Katherine Belov, University of Sydney

What makes a good tree? We used AI to ask birds

Stanislav Roudavski, The University of Melbourne; Alex Holland, The University of Melbourne, and Philip Gibbons, Australian National University

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We analysed the entire web and found a cybersecurity threat lurking in plain sight

Kevin Saric, CSIRO

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What’s really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out

Miles Park, UNSW Sydney

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Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that

Marianne Dehasque, Uppsala University and Love Dalén, Stockholm University

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Other countries have struggled to control how kids access the internet. What can Australia learn?

Lisa M. Given, RMIT University

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Is drone delivery a modern miracle or a band-aid fix for poor urban planning? I went to Australia’s ‘drone zones’ to find out

Thao Phan, Monash University

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Is social media making you unhappy? The answer is not so simple

Melissa Humphries, University of Adelaide and Lewis Mitchell, University of Adelaide

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An eerie ‘digital afterlife’ is no longer science fiction. So how do we navigate the risks?

Arif Perdana, Monash University

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Artificial intelligence

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Google’s use of AI to power search shows its problematic approach to organizing information

Blayne Haggart, Brock University

Eat a rock a day, put glue on your pizza: how Google’s AI is losing touch with reality

Toby Walsh, UNSW Sydney

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What does AI mean for Australian democracy? And what can we do about it?

Zoe Jay Hawkins, Australian National University

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ChatGPT is now better than ever at faking human emotion and behaviour

Marcel Scharth, University of Sydney

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What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)

T.J. Thomson, RMIT University and James Meese, RMIT University

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Expert life advice

Worried about PFAS in your drinking water? Here’s what the evidence says about home filters

Ian A. Wright, Western Sydney University

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Why doesn’t water help with spicy food? What about milk or beer?

Daniel Eldridge, Swinburne University of Technology

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How do I keep my fruit, veggies and herbs fresh longer? Are there any ‘hacks’?

Senaka Ranadheera, The University of Melbourne

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What is air turbulence?

Todd Lane, The University of Melbourne

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Explore the universe

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A strange intermittent radio signal from space has astronomers puzzled

Manisha Caleb, University of Sydney and Emil Lenc, CSIRO

Exoplanet WASP-69b has a cometlike tail – it’s helping us learn more about how planets evolve
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The ‘devil comet’ 12P/Pons-Brooks has finally become visible from Australia. What can we expect?

Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland

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We mapped a massive explosion in space, showing how galaxies ‘pollute’ the cosmos

Adam B. Watts, The University of Western Australia

We mapped a massive explosion in space, showing how galaxies ‘pollute’ the cosmos
We saw one of the most powerful magnets in the Universe come to life – and our theories can’t quite explain it

Marcus Lower, CSIRO; Gregory Desvignes, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, and Patrick Weltevrede, University of Manchester

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Diving through time: a perilous journey to collect hidden fossils

Meg Walker, Joseph Monks and Julien Louys

Curious Kids

Academic experts answer real questions from real kids.

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Why do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only one moon while other planets have hundreds

Nicole Granucci, Quinnipiac University

Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?
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Curious Kids: what came first, the chicken or the egg?

Ellen K. Mather, Flinders University

Curious Kids: what came first, the chicken or the egg?
Curious Kids: how do black holes pull in light?

Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology

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Curious Kids: What happens when you flush a toilet on a plane?

Doug Drury, CQUniversity Australia

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An influencer’s AI clone started offering fans ‘mind-blowing sexual experiences’ without her knowledge

Leah Henrickson, The University of Queensland and Dominique Carlon, Queensland University of Technology

An influencer’s AI clone started offering fans ‘mind-blowing sexual experiences’ without her knowledge
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A groundbreaking discovery: how we found remnants of Earth’s primordial crust near Perth

Chris Kirkland, Curtin University

A groundbreaking discovery: how we found remnants of Earth’s primordial crust near Perth
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What’s really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out

Miles Park, UNSW Sydney

What’s really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out
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We analysed the entire web and found a cybersecurity threat lurking in plain sight

Kevin Saric, CSIRO

We analysed the entire web and found a cybersecurity threat lurking in plain sight
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Worried about PFAS in your drinking water? Here’s what the evidence says about home filters

Ian A. Wright, Western Sydney University

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