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Our future could be full of undying, self-repairing robots. Here’s how
frank60/Shutterstock Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology With generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and StableDiffusion being the…
New bird brain study shows evolving a big brain depends on having ‘good’ parents
A hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus). Tristan Barrington/Shutterstock Szymek Drobniak, UNSW Sydney As owners of some of the biggest brains in…
Forget spy balloons, the world of surveillance has tried everything from schoolchildren to trained cats
AR/BNPS Ebony Nilsson, Australian Catholic University The Chinese “spy balloon” shot down over the United States has brought the seemingly…
Goffin’s cockatoo named third species that carries toolsets around in preparation for future tasks
Thomas Suchanek, CC BY-SA Rob Heinsohn, Australian National University From pocket knives to smart phones, humans keep inventing ever-more-sophisticated tools.…
The best time to harvest yams? Science says when the lower leaves turn yellow
A vendor holds a tuber of yam for sale at the popular Mile 12 market in Lagos. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP…
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Device transmits radio waves with almost no power – without violating the laws of physics
This experimental setup shows an ultra-low-power wireless communications device that could one day be used in tiny remote sensors. Zerina…
ChatGPT is great – you’re just using it wrong
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It’ll take 150 years to map Africa’s biodiversity at the current rate. We can’t protect what we don’t know
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Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate change
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