Australia is pushing back against Israel’s decision not to pursue a criminal investigation into the 2024 killings of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, including Australian Zomi Frankcom. Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia has no confidence in the IDF’s military justice process. We examine the diplomatic fallout,Continue Reading
Flock’s ALPR (automated license plate reader) tech spread from HOAs to police departments at an alarming rate of speed. What was once a toy for the over-privileged soon became the go-to source of license plate images. Flock became the Ring of ALPRs, to mix a metaphor. And that’s when theContinue Reading
‘I want my brother back’ – Tupac’s brother tells BBC murder trial won’t bring justice. Video, 00:01:42 Subsection US & Canada Published 3 days ago, from the BBC Read MoreContinue Reading
James Muldoon is a sociologist who writes about the changing nature of human-technology relationships. Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships investigates how people form emotional attachments with large language models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labor Powering A.I., co-written byContinue Reading
The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be folded into the genus Homo because new fossils have blurred many of the traits once used to separate them. The proposed shake-up could provide a simpler, more accurate picture of ourContinue Reading
NASA/Clayton Rougelot A jacket decorated with Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a terminal countdown simulation forContinue Reading
There are an estimated 26.5million LGBTQ+ adults in the US (Image: Getty Images) LGBTQ+ people now make up 12% of the adult population in the US, according to a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation analysis of US Census Bureau data, estimating roughly 26.5million people nationwide. The analysis drew on moreContinue Reading
4 min read NASA Selects University Teams to Help Advance Aviation Research NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft flying through cities. The agency made awards through its University Leadership Initiative,Continue Reading
Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Agriculture Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and Ice The Global Ocean Science at Work Earth Science at Work Technology and Innovation Powering Business Multimedia Image Collections Videos Data For Researchers About Us This map, derived from NASA’s GEOSContinue Reading
Deep within the ancient Precambrian rocks of the Arabian Shield lies a national wealth that powers modern industries: a treasure trove of critical and rare-earth minerals needed for electric vehicles (EVs), smartphones, wind turbines, aircraft systems, and data centers. Positioned as the third pillar of the national economy…Continue Reading
HONG KONG, August 14, 2src26 – (ACN Newswire) – In recent years, the digital economy has deeply penetrated global consumer markets. The online fashion industry, with its unique advantages of lightweight operations, high iteration speed, and global reach, has entered a golden period of rapid growth…Continue Reading
Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence doesn’t “think” or “reason” like humans, and how we can create better methods for measuring machine cognition. “The Joy of Why” is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the cosmologistContinue Reading
