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Giant waves, monster winds and Earth’s strongest current: here’s why the Southern Ocean is a global engine room
Luke Bennetts, University of Adelaide; Callum Shakespeare, Australian National University, and Catherine Vreugdenhil, The University of Melbourne The…
Robocars promise to improve traffic even when most of the cars around them are driven by people, study finds
Robotaxis have caused problems, but they have the potential to improve traffic conditions. Mario Tama/Getty Images Weizi Li,…
Paris Olympics 2024: faster, higher, stronger – and more data-driven
Andy Miah, University of Salford For the first post-COVID Olympics, there are some major changes now in place…
Want to buy an electric car but unsure you can justify it? Here’s how the arguments against EVs stack up
John Rose, University of Sydney and Andrea Pellegrini, University of Sydney So you’re thinking of buying an electric…
Wildfires can create their own weather, including tornado-like fire whirls − an atmospheric scientist explains how
A huge pyrocumulus cloud rises over the Park Fire near Chico, Calif., on July 26, 2024. David McNew/Getty…
Groundwater plays an invisible role supporting lakes
James Harris, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Marie Larocque, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Nearly…
TB: gene editing could add new power to a 100-year-old vaccine
Bavesh Kana, University of the Witwatersrand Tuberculosis dates back more than 9,000 years. It is the most infectious…
CrowdStrike crash showed us how invasive cyber security software is. Is there a better way?
Tippa Patt/Shutterstock Toby Murray, The University of Melbourne On Friday, the world suffered what many have described as…
If we want to settle on other planets, we’ll have to use genome editing to alter human DNA
Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock Sam McKee, Manchester Metropolitan University When considering human settlements on the Moon, Mars and further…
FraudGPT and other malicious AIs are the new frontier of online threats. What can we do?
Bayu Anggorojati, Monash University; Arif Perdana, Monash University, and Derry Wijaya, Monash University The internet, a vast and…