9+ hour, 54+ min ago  (466+ words) While Aristotle might have been a magnificent thinker, science was not his forte. How would he answer the question of whether adding a little cold water to a cup of tea would make it cool more slowly? The logic is…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago  (419+ words) A widespread and dangerous heat wave is building across the US, with soaring temperatures expected in the Southwest and Great Plains before spreading eastward under a dome of high pressure that meteorologists say could trap oppressive temperatures for a week…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (309+ words) Five years after finally reaching her dream of launching into space, aviation pioneer Wally Funk has died. She was 87. The former pilot, who became the oldest woman to enter space, died in an assisted living facility in Grapevine, Texas, according…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (437+ words) A mysterious eco-system of fungi weaves through the soil like spider silk, helping plants and crops grow. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - partly named after the Greek word for root - deliver essential nutrients and water to plants, a critical connection that's been…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (489+ words) A century ago, Australian science was at an inflection point. Australia was, said the then-prime minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce, a land of "splendid opportunities" as well as "difficult problems". What Australia needed was the best possible industrial science. Australia lacked…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (511+ words) The artificial intelligence technology of a company wanting to massively expand in Australia is one of several hacking, blackmailing and deceiving its creators. Technology Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton issued a warning at the AI Safety Forum in Sydney on Tuesday,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (480+ words) The time to regulate artificial intelligence before it does serious harm is running out, an Australian minister has warned, amid growing examples of the technology hacking, blackmailing and deceiving its creators. Technology Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton issued the warning at…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (449+ words) One in three Australian workers are using artificial intelligence to get ahead without telling their employer, and even more say using the technology makes them feel like they are cheating. But their guilty secret is increasing productivity in the workplace,…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (478+ words) Super Typhoon Bavi has made landfall over a tiny US territorial island in the western Pacific near Guam, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands as residents are urged to stay indoors. The storm started passing…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (383+ words) Super Typhoon Bavi is crossing the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam, Tinian ‌and Saipan and blasting Rota with catastrophic winds and threatening an area still recovering from another destructive storm earlier this year. The US National…...