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ChatGPT is great – you’re just using it wrong
ChatGPT is better used for playacting than playing at finding facts. EvgeniyShkolenko/iStock via Getty Images Jonathan May, University…
How science and innovation can strengthen global food systems
Innovations in food systems, like food processing technologies, have enhanced the sensory quality, safety and shelf life of…
Underwater noise is a threat to marine life
Graeme Shannon, Bangor University Oceans are full of sound. Waves, earthquakes and calving icebergs all contribute to the…
Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows
The 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 20,000 buildings in and around Paradise, Calif. Marcus Yam…
Exploding carp numbers are ‘like a house of horrors’ for our rivers. Is it time to unleash carp herpes?
Ivor Stuart/The Conversation Ivor Stuart, Charles Sturt University; John Koehn, Charles Sturt University; Katie Doyle, Charles Sturt University,…
Qantas flight mayday: can a plane normally fly on just one engine? An aviation expert explains
Doug Drury, CQUniversity Australia You may have seen the news Qantas flight 144 from Auckland landed safely in…
Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy, new study finds
Itokawa, image taken by Hayabusa in 2005. JAXA Fred Jourdan, Curtin University and Nick Timms, Curtin University A…
They’re on our coat of arms but extinct in Tasmania. Rewilding with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems
Shutterstock Tristan Derham, University of Tasmania; Christopher Johnson, University of Tasmania, and Matthew Fielding, University of Tasmania The…
How we cracked the mystery of Australia’s prehistoric giant eggs
The giant bird Genyornis went extinct in Australia around 50,000 years ago. Gifford Miller, Author provided Matthew James…
Why forecasting snow is so difficult in the UK
It’s hard to tell whether or not snow is on its way in the UK. RTimages/Shutterstock Rob Thompson,…