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Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?
In graduate school, my experimental archaeology professor told a student to create a door socket – the hole in a…
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How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy source
In the search for more, new and cleaner sources of energy, a largely untapped resource is emerging: natural hydrogen. Unlike…
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Should unis ditch group assignments?
It it time to get rid of group assignments at university? Federal Opposition education spokesperson Julian Leeser thinks so. On…
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Deeper ocean ecosystems are unique – and uniquely vulnerable without better protection
New Zealand’s earlier efforts to safeguard marine or coastal environments, particularly as marine reserves and marine protected areas, typically focused…
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Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced…
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Ed Sheeran caught the train to Melbourne to protect the climate. But what about his thousands of fans?
This week, images on social media showed global superstar Ed Sheeran alighting from the overnight train from Sydney into the…
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Drug company ads are easy to blame for misleading patients and raising costs, but research shows they do help patients get needed treatment
It’s a familiar experience for many Americans: You’re watching your favorite show and suddenly you’re ambushed by an ad for…
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There aren’t enough geriatricians – here’s how older adults can still get the right care
More than 70 million baby boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 – are alive today. In 2026, the…
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Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy
Deep into the Panamanian night, the forest hums with sound. Chirping insects form a steady backdrop, rain softly trickles from…
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Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit
Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally pain…
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I’m a drowning prevention researcher – my kid’s school swimming carnival shocked me
It is swimming carnival season in Australia. This typically means children from about Year 2 and up are asked to…
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When feral cats are away, potoroos and bandicoots are more likely to play
All animals need to eat to survive, grow and reproduce. To do so, they also need to avoid being eaten.…
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Punch the monkey isn’t the first lonely zoo animal to capture our hearts – or raise troubling questions
For weeks, the story of Punch the monkey has tugged at heartstrings around the world. Videos of this lonely baby…
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Florida’s proposed cuts to AIDS drug program threaten patient care and public health
More than 128,000 Floridians are living with HIV. The state has the second-highest rate of new HIV diagnoses after Georgia,…
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‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you
When a human says an event is “probable” or “likely,” people generally have a shared, if fuzzy, understanding of what…
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