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The technology is currently being trialled outside of Australia. It’s one of the first major attempts to bring it to western markets on a large scale.
There’s a special type of particle called a ‘tachyon’ which would have to travel faster than the speed of light. But here’s the hitch – we can’t prove tachyons even exist.
A photo of ‘doorway’ on Mars shows how ready our minds are to see significance and signs of life in the natural world.
What kind of evidence would we really need, before we could reasonably conclude alien contact had been made?
There are many bodies in the solar system we can’t easily access. But observations of their winds and sediments reveal a surprising amount.
A 50-year experiment shows warmer, ‘thirstier’ air may have cut the lifespan of Queensland’s tropical trees in half since the 1980s.
There’s a tension between facilitating free and fair debate on social media, and businesses’ bottom line. And it must be resolved with the public interest in mind.
The mysterious Denisovans left DNA traces in populations across Southeast Asia and Australasia, but until now no physical signs of their presence outside Eurasia had been found.
There is little evidence organisations consider digital accessibility by default. It usually happens if they have a senior accessibility champion in their ranks, or when they get sued.
There’s a lot of technological progress required before off-Earth mining operations can be considered feasible.
Playing the sounds of the sea can attract lost baby oysters to join the restoration of oyster reefs.
Using machine learning, we analysed meaning and feeling in different translations of an ancient Hindu holy text.
Researchers wanted to understand what happens when chameleons – animals that display dynamic colour change – find themselves in an environment without their natural predators.
Science is about more than crisis management – it’s about how we understand our present and future, and realise our potential as people
A Meta spokesperson told The Conversation non-news pages had been taken down by mistake. Whistleblower allegations contradict this.
Research has found evidence in NSW for one the most devastating series of volcanic eruptions known.
Researchers are in a race against time to learn about the female-oriented social structures of Australia’s small native rodents and marsupials.
Warlpiri Elder Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu interprets the Southern Cross, not as a contested symbol of identity, but as a summons to unite First Nations and non-Indigenous people.
China’s innovation plans and international trade tensions may risk an economic ‘decoupling’ with the West.
The Kakadu region has gone through immense transformation throughout history. How can archaeological food scraps tell us about how the First Australians adapted?
The technology is progressing but it must pass a number of regulatory hurdles. We’re unlikely to see an affordable implant in the short term.
Each year, the Earth runs through a broad river of dust surrounding Comet Halley – giving birth to the spectacular Eta Aquariid meteor shower.
From voting info to risqué quips, this election, online political ads are more pervasive than ever before.
The pulsar PSR J0523-7125 is more than ten times brighter than any other radio pulsar outside the Milky Way.