Fibre-optic cables act as densely-spaced ground-motion sensors to give earthquake scientists a close look at New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, in anticipation of its next big rupture.
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Cloud computing is a way for businesses to access extra computational resources over the internet. Without it, the internet as we know it would malfunction.
The concept of pūtaiao envisions a way of conducting science led by Māori and firmly embedded in the values of a Māori worldview. It offers a way towards decolonising the research system in general.
Phosphorus is the most elusive element crucial for life as we know it – and we now have the first evidence there’s some available in the oceans of Enceladus.
Stimulants such as Ritalin and modafinil have a reputation as off-label ‘smart drugs’ that boost cognitive performance. New research suggests they have the opposite effect.
Researchers have found an armoured fossil skink 1,000 times heavier than the ones in your garden. Its closest living relative is the shingleback lizard.
New evidence from contested Laos cave site shows humans reached Southeast Asia at least 68,000 years ago.
Can one invention revolutionise propellers, whose basic design has been around for over 100 years? Not so fast.
Some people swear by it, while others don’t bother. But what does the evidence say about washing rice, and when should you do it?
Swedish mathematician Per Enflo famously received a live goose for settling a difficult unsolved problem. Has he done it again?
Many point to Meta’s failings to make a case for mixed reality headsets having no future. But Apple’s approach is arguably much more strategic.
There’s really no such thing as one global internet – it all depends on your perspective. But the internet is poised to fracturing even more.
A former intelligence official claims the US government has retrieved multiple craft of non-human origin, along with the occupants’ bodies.
Science minister Ed Husic says about AI: 'If we get it right, there is a potential for huge benefit''
The costs of the materials is less than one cent per lens.
With a focus on ships and cargo, we are missing the opportunity to prevent pests that ride in on the wind. It is time to invest in addressing the biosecurity threats before they arrive.
The ancestors of kangaroos once lived in the trees – but their evolutionary history is murky. Here’s everything we know so far.
Do competitive, market-like interactions encourage immoral behaviour? A study of 18,000 people in 45 experiments shows there’s no simple answer.
Homo naledi had a brain less than half the size of our own. Yet the new research claims it had cognitive abilities far beyond what we might expect.
New research suggests insects have pollinated flowers since the pollen-bearing blooms first evolved more than 140 million years ago.
If we could go sightseeing across our cosmic neighbourhood, these would be some of the best highlights.
Publicly available data on social media opens a new avenue for studying the environment with “incidental citizen science”.
The artificial intelligence boom means a multi-trillion dollar industry is coming into existence before our eyes. With great opportunity come great risks, as two important new Australian reports show.
Digital scanning offers a new window on Australia’s unique fossil history, from early multicellular lifeforms to gigantic ‘marsupial lions’.
I study artificial general intelligence, and I believe the ongoing fearmongering is at least partially attributable to large AI developers’ financial interests.