Month: September 2020
Did Anne Boleyn really try to speak after being beheaded?
Anne Boleyn (with head in situ). Public domain Adam Taylor, Lancaster University…
Can robots write? Machine learning produces dazzling results, but some assembly is still required
Shutterstock Alexandra Louise Uitdenbogerd, RMIT University You might have seen a recent…
Is wearing glasses can protect you from COVID-19?
H Shaw on Unsplash A team of researchers in China have found that people…
Is it too soon to herald the ‘dawn of a new Middle East’? It all depends what the Saudis do next
JIM LO SCALZO/EPA Ben Rich, Curtin University US President Donald Trump heralded…
Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says
Pep Canadell, CSIRO and Rob Jackson, Stanford University The Paris climate agreement…
People hate cruelty to animals, so why do we do it?
Shutterstock/light hope David Killoren, Australian Catholic University and Robert Streiffer, University of…
Face masks and facial recognition will both be common in the future. How will they co-exist?
Pixabay, CC BY-SA Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University It’s surprising how quickly…
Ulcerative colitis explained, as Shinzo Abe retires
James Lindsay, Queen Mary University of London Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe,…
Can I still be hacked with 2FA enabled?
Shutterstock David Tuffley, Griffith University Cybersecurity is like a game of whack-a-mole.…
2 hours of TV a day in late childhood linked to lower test scores later
Shutterstock Lisa Mundy, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and George Patton, University of…