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Google loses online ad monopoly case. But it’s just one of many antitrust battles against big tech

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Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in an enormous tunnel under the Swiss Alps?

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Most bees nest in the ground. Offering rocks and gravel is a simple way to help them thrive

Superb fairy-wrens’ songs hold clues to their personalities, new study finds
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‘De-extinction’ of dire wolves promotes false hope: technology can’t undo extinction
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A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data
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A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep
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Trump’s trade war puts America’s AI ambitions at risk
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Renting a home in Australia means handing over too much sensitive info. It’s a national security risk
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New study finds no evidence technology causes ‘digital dementia’ in older people
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Curious Kids: If you scoop a bucket of water out of the ocean, does it get lower?
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We study ‘planktivores’ – and found an amazing diversity of shapes among plankton-feeding fishes
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Location-sharing apps are enabling domestic violence. But young people aren’t aware of the danger
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How we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth
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New research reveals chemical secrets of Earth’s crust 4.5 billion years ago
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Scientific misconduct series

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Flawed medical studies can end up in doctors’ advice. We developed a tool to stop it

Show your working: how the ‘open science’ movement tackles scientific misconduct
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Reliable science takes time. But the current system rewards speed
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Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science
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Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems
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Expert life advice

Happy dogs make happy humans, and 9 other reasons science says dogs need to chew
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Why are some cats more allergenic than others? It’s not their coat length
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Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too
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Get big or die trying: social media is driving men’s use of steroids. Here’s how to mitigate the risks
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Artificial intelligence

AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works − here’s why they fool you and how to spot them

AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works − here’s why they fool you and how to spot them

Tools like Apple’s photo Clean Up are yet another nail in the coffin for being able to trust our eyes
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ChatGPT just passed the Turing test. But that doesn’t mean AI is now as smart as humans

Zena Assaad, Australian National University

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Friend, tutor, doctor, lover: why AI systems need different rules for different roles

Brian D Earp, University of Oxford; Sebastian Porsdam Mann, University of Copenhagen, and Simon Laham, The University of Melbourne

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What makes a good search engine? These 4 models can help you use search in the age of AI

Simon Coghlan, The University of Melbourne; Damiano Spina, RMIT University; Falk Scholer, RMIT University, and Hui Chia, The University of Melbourne

What makes a good search engine? These 4 models can help you use search in the age of AI
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Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature

The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down

Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Sydney

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Cosmic dark energy may be weakening, astronomers say, raising questions about the fate of the universe

Rossana Ruggeri, Queensland University of Technology

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You’ve heard of the Big Bang. Now astronomers have discovered the Big Wheel – here’s why it’s significant

Themiya Nanayakkara, Swinburne University of Technology

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Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear

Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Sydney

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Curious Kids

Academic experts answer real questions from real kids.

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Curious Kids: what was the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?

Why is the sky blue?

Daniel Freedman, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Curious Kids: What does the edge of the universe look like?

Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology

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Curious Kids: Why do I need to yawn when someone else yawns?

Johanna Simkin, Museums Victoria Research Institute

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Why do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only one moon while other planets have hundreds

Nicole Granucci, Quinnipiac University

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