Despite the filthy waters they often reside in, saltwater crocodiles don’t get sick that often. Perhaps we could one day harness the special proteins that help them.
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Your thoughts, emotions and behaviours arise from the complex network of electric activity in your brain. But what can we do when we need to tweak it?
From Archimedes’ principle to mass spectrometry, there are plenty of ways to test the purity of gold.
Most methods for detecting lies actually detect signs of stress – which makes them extremely unreliable.
Don’t fret the AI job ‘apocalypse’. While we can expect disruption across different industries, this will come with opportunities.
Some physicists think we live in a multiverse, surrounded by universes not quite like our own. What does that mean for life?
To date, we have not heard from any aliens. Nor have we seen any – but here are the fascinating projects working to change that.
To us, Earth’s landscapes might change very little. But over millions of years, our planet’s surface has shifted in innumerable ways.
Five new studies show smashing spacecraft into asteroids could be a viable way to defend Earth from threatening space rocks.
45,000 years ago, people first started arriving in what’s known as Europe today. We thought a worsening ice age made them disappear – but it seems some lineages survived.
The gaping maws and great belch of the Norse ‘hafgufa’ may well have been a humpback whale simply engaging in trap-feeding.
The largest birds that ever lived on Earth, elephant birds have a spotty fossil record. But understanding them could help protect Madagascar’s biodiversity.
Artists and photographers have strongly opposed their distinct styles being replicated by AI image generators. And the law has yet to catch up with this issue.
Slime moulds feature throughout HBO’s The Last of Us. While they aren’t a true fungus, they do have a lot in common with zombies.
An automatic system to determine political ideology from online posts could be a powerful tool against online radicalisation.
It can be disruptive or refreshing, and we feel it every single day. But do you ever stop to think what creates wind on our planet?
Users are having a blast getting creative with AI generators – but your output is only ever as good as your prompt.
AI is inevitably entering the workplace – some people are more OK with it than others. But do we trust this technology?
The discovery of massive, early galaxies could force scientists to rethink how the first galaxies formed after the Big Bang.
Our Mars rovers might not be sensitive enough to detect signs of life. But lessons from Antarctica might make future missions more successful.
Earth doesn’t just have an inner core. It also has an innermost inner core, a solid ball within the solid ball in the very middle of the planet.
The sudden removal of ‘erotic’ features from the virtual friend app has left lovelorn users high and dry.
A new process to quickly remove radioactive chemicals from water and other liquids and trap them in a clay-like substance could make nuclear waste management much easier.
The proposals from the Attorney-General’s Department could help bolster Australia’s privacy laws — but there are some deficiencies.
There won’t be an easy tech fix for the questions about authorship raised by ChatGPT and other text generators.