On the planet's most remote continent, a deadly virus is leaving a 'trail of destruction' that has scientists on edge
A deadly strain of avian influenza has breached the world's most remote continent. Scientists say it's only a matter of time before it reaches Australia.
Analysis by Linton Besser
analysis:The Wiley scandal illuminates a much bigger crisis of trust confronting universities around the world
Wiley's Hindawi scandal offers a window into a thriving black market of fake science, corrupted research and bogus authorship. It also illuminates a much broader crisis of trust confronting universities and scientific institutions worldwide.
AEC says it cannot stop AI deepfakes in election campaigns
The Australian Electoral Commission says it has limited scope to protect voters from deepfake videos and phone calls imitating politicians in upcoming elections.
Beneath netball courts in Melbourne's inner suburbs lies one of Victoria's most significant archaeological sites
Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum was demolished and buried in the 1920s but archaeologists now believe more of it still exists beneath the surface than they previously thought.
'Stunning' comet fragment captured lighting up the sky over Spain and Portugal
Preliminary analysis from the Spanish Calar Alto astronomical observatory found the blue fireball entered our atmosphere at a speed of 161,000kph.
How to spot a native bee and what to do to help bolster populations. Here's what you need to know
Flowers, honey and plenty of produce: bees play a vital role in nature's ecosystem, and without them, we wouldn't have any of these things.
Why some researchers want you to stop using the word 'puggle' for platypus babies
Kangaroos have joeys and dingoes have pups, but what do you call a baby platypus? If you think "puggle", think again.
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Ed Dwight, first African American candidate for space travel, takes off 60 years later
Ed Dwight was in the same class as Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, but NASA did not select black astronauts until 1978. On Sunday, aged 90, he finally experienced zero gravity.
Supply down, costs soar for fruit and veggies as growers battle fruit fly measures
Shoppers wondering why capsicums, especially red ones, are so expensive can blame the weather at one end of the country and a single tiny fly at the other.
Analysis by Ange Lavoipierre
analysis:Deepfakes in an Australian election campaign would be legally fine, and OpenAI benches its flirty new chatbot voice
This week in tech news, OpenAI drops a new chatbot voice bearing a striking resemblance to Scarlett Johansson's, federal parliament discusses laws on political deepfakes, and the internet continues to be a terrifying place to be a teenager.
Scarlett Johansson 'shocked' by ChatGPT voice 'eerily similar' to her own
OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of a ChatGPT voice that resembles Johansson, who famously voiced a fictional, and at the time futuristic, AI assistant in the 2013 film Her.
More weapons and 'unfriendly behaviours': How the world is preparing for war in space
Satellites are under threat like never before and more countries are preparing for wars in space. So, what exactly is going on above the atmosphere? And should we be worried?
After lightning struck his hometown's historic tree, inspiration struck this chainsaw artist
"You walk around the log and ask it what it wants to be, sometimes it talks back," says Kevin Duffy, who is busy carving a "seat of reflection" from an old giant sequoia in the north-east Victorian town of Beechworth.
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analysis:Keeping pet cats indoors would save millions of native animals and billions of dollars. So what's stopping us?
Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?
Sarah killed her front lawn. She's never been happier or more relaxed
What do you do when the traditional turf lawn isn't quite cutting it anymore? Rip it out and start again — this time with something other than lush green lines in mind.
Flying taxis set to take off in China as part of push for 'low-altitude economy'
China could soon become the first country in the world with flying taxis as part of Beijing's plan to develop what it calls the "low-altitude economy".
Mum should have 'thrown my computer out the window', says porn addict, but warns age verification won’t work
Age verification technology could be used to restrict children's access to online porn, certain games and even social media, but will "tech savvy" kids find a way around it? And what does it mean for the rest of the population?
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