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The extraordinary Chinese writing system has over 4,000 core complex characters – and they’ve been getting more complex over time.
Louis Nowra’s thematic history of Sydney is playful and inspired.
Humans are expert pattern-finders. But artificial intelligence tools are better at trawling through vast data sets to find anything from waste dumps to heat-tolerant corals.
On Friday the government will receive a report likely to recommend a requirement for advice in a client’s “best interests” be replaced with a requirement to give mere “good advice”.
A new study looked at four teaching approaches that have been shown by academic research to help students learn.
An expert group formed to advise on the Voice to Parliament finds it will not give any group of Australians special rights over any other.
Early treatment with antibiotics can be life-saving.
The first description of the snake clitoris may change what we think we know about mating and courtship among the slithering reptiles.
Football is one of the hardest sports to predict – but there are some fascinating geographical clues when we look at the latitudes of past performers and their ultimate success.
A new paper explores how a carefully controlled fuel reduction burn killed 17 critically endangered western ringtail possums.
The Victorian election results are finalised. How different might they have looked under a reformed Senate system?
Lensa is the new AI digital artist you can keep in your pocket. Its ‘creations’ have taken over Twitter and Instagram – but the reception has been mixed.
Elf-on-a-shelf and the ‘this is you as a baby’ Tiktok trend both involve tricking our kids. Can tricking your kids damage trust, or can it actually teach them something? And why do they believe us?
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US has reached an historic milestone – producing more energy from a fusion experiment than they put in. Here’s what you need to know.
Like all members of the category of ‘fey’, or the beings of the preternatural world, including fairies, elves, and pixies, goblins are renowned for being tricksy. In other words, best avoided.
It’s a common phenomenon that couples near the end of the road will try to make it through Christmas and separate in the new year. If this is you, read this advice first.
Almost 200 countries are reckoning with the world’s extraordinary loss of the variety of life at the COP15 nature summit in Canada. Here’s why Indigenous involvement is crucial.
We’ll need to almost double our electricity sector workforce to build renewables as quickly as we need to. Where will the workers come from amid a skills shortage and infrastructure boom?
There’s a lot to the pronunciation of the word ‘no’ in an Australian accent.
An exceptionally talented writer, Shirley Hazzard is cherished for her novels The Great Fire and The Transit of Venus. Her life defends the right to be unfashionable and the value of learning.
We’re facing a significant advance in AI using methods that are not described in scientific literature, and with datasets restricted to a single for-profit company.
In this podcast Michelle and Amanda Dunn review the year and discuss what's coming up in 2023
Growing civil unrest, exacerbated by COVID-related restrictions and lockdowns, has seen assaults against police rise and made their jobs more dangerous.
Although the sites seem to offer the best deals, that might be because hotels feel pressured not to undercut them. This is something the treasury is investigating.