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Plans have been made for the AI-based program to begin trials before the year ends. But it raises serious questions about the role of police in preventing domestic violence.
Nuclear submarines are powered by a miniature onboard fission reactor. They can go for decades without refuelling, making them faster, stealthier and much more expensive than conventional submarines.
We examined male seahorse pouches under the microscope at different stages of pregnancy, and found they develop complex placental structures over time — in similar ways to human pregnancy.
A previously unknown filtering process inside some volcanoes can cause magma to shoot out like champagne from a bottle - and perhaps even make it easier to forecast when a volcano is about to erupt.
The federal government has awarded $75 million to Accenture to design a digital replacement for the cards filled in by international arrivals, complete with details of passengers’ COVID vaccination status.
While the prospect of reviving extinct species has long been discussed, advances in genome editing have now brought such dreams close to reality.
IP addresses serve a similar function to postal addresses. Postal addresses allow our mail to circulate, while IP addresses allow network traffic to move around the internet.
A new analysis, using 15 years of autonomous underwater measurements and simulations from the latest global climate models, refined our estimate of future ocean warming and sea level rise.
Capturing cow urine could allow us to reduce the amount of damaging nitrate and nitrous oxide that ends up in the environment.
Facebook is adamant its new “smart glasses” won’t be a privacy nightmare. But it is clearly bidding to normalise the use of wearable tech. And if video Ray-Bans go mainstream, what comes next?
Spiny-tailed skinks, also known as meelyu, are culturally significant to the Badimia people in Western Australia. But habitat degradation and mining have put them at threat of extinction.
99% of people below the floors where the planes struck the twin towers evacuated successfully, although their journey was fraught with danger. Their stories have influenced today’s skyscraper designs.
Home quarantine apps face serious privacy, security and bias issues. Home detention ankle tags might be a better option.
Refugee women reported less internet use than men across all online activities, including banking, education, health services and social services.
The World Trade Center buildings were built to withstand wind loads more than 30 times the aircrafts’ weight.
Penicillin originally came from a fungus, and with thousands of fungi to explore, Aotearoa New Zealand has a potential treasure trove of bacteria-killing compounds.
Differences between male and female skulls in some species of gibbon may shed light on how our extinct ancestors lived.
State police have accessed QR code check-in data on at least six occasions, for investigations unrelated to the pandemic.
Sweeping police powers for online surveillance and hacking raise concerns over privacy and security.
Most sporting equipment is designed with typical able-bodied athletes in mind, whereas custom equipment to meet a particular Paralympian’s needs can be expensive. 3D printing offers a third way.
Concerns about privacy protection of contact tracing data include the potential use by police for enforcement purposes or businesses for marketing.
One study found 80% of darknet traffic on Tor went to sites hosting unmoderated porn and child sex abuse material.
Plants use their flower colours for ‘brand recognition’ among insects - but also work together to attract more pollinators.
The new work presents the oldest dated evidence for hominins in Arabia, in the form of an ancient handaxe tool uncovered from the Nefud Desert.