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When they set up remote cameras throughout the bush, scientists were not expecting to capture these small marsupials scavenging for flesh.
Dozens of species have been coaxed back from oblivion, with fenced havens, conserved habitat, islands and feral predator control vital.
We’ve noticed a clear trend away from singing as a mating tactic among male humpbacks. But it’s probably a pretty good strategy.
Bees and other pollinators are key to food production, but they’re hard to keep an eye on. Now, AI software is helping track these essential farm workers.
Astronomers have detected a radio glow caused by shockwaves in the gigantic filaments between galaxy clusters in the ‘cosmic web’ which pervades the Universe.
It had long been thought snakes can only feel vibrations through the ground. New research shows they can not only sense airborne sound, but can likely detect human voices.
The Solar System as we know it doesn’t really make sense without a ninth planet. So then why can’t we find it?
After shooting down a high-altitude Chinese balloon, the US has been on the alert for other aerial invaders.
Several companies are in the process of commercialising invasive brain-computer interfaces, including Synchron, Neuralink and Precision Neuroscience.
We may never know exactly when the next big quake will hit – but we can have a pretty good idea of the odds.
The only other species known to do this are humans and chimpanzees.
An elaborate scheme to shade Earth with millions of tonnes of Moon dust floating in space is unlikely to get off the ground.
The findings suggest we weren’t the first advanced carnivore among the hominins, as has been previously assumed.
When you ask ChatGPT to generate content, the default output is in the voice, style and language of white English-speaking men, who have long dominated many writing-intensive sectors.
Will it give Microsoft a chance to overtake Google in the search space?
In birds, big brains aren’t associated with living in large social groups – instead, they’re linked to long stints of parental feeding.
ChatGPT is fuelled by our intimate online histories. It’s trained on 300 billion words, yet users have no way of knowing which of their data it contains.
When Monday’s earthquake struck, many poorly constructed buildings suffered a ‘pancake mode’ collapse.
In the deep, dark ocean, sunlight-deprived bacteria turn to different sources of energy: dissolved hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
While human spies are the best-known way nations collect intelligence, there are several methods countries can use to spy on one another.
One of the biggest headlines in the gaming community last week involved a deepfake porn scandal. Such material is one example of how generative AI can cause immense harm.
The bottom line is air travel is very safe – much safer than road travel. But that doesn’t stop us from wondering…
Google is one of a number of companies getting involved in AI music-generation.
While we can’t see inside a black hole, we can spot the intensely bright glowing disc that surrounds one. Now, we might better understand why these discs appear to ‘twinkle’.