Opinion

Artist's depiction of the Mars Rover on the surface of Mars

New research published today in Nature Communications suggests the rovers’ current equipment might not actually be up to the task of finding evidence of life.

A power plant and its stacks against a cloudy sky

Are blackouts really looming by the middle of this decade? An AEMO report warns they might be – but there are plenty of projects on the drawing board that will help ease the squeeze on the grid.

A welcome screen of the Replika app as seen on a mobile phone

The sudden removal of ‘erotic’ features from the virtual friend app has left lovelorn users high and dry.

men at kens karate klub kensington in 1977 – William Yang

Sydneyphiles remounts Yang’s 1977 exhibition, documenting mainstream Sydney and the illegal gay party scene.

a person holding a smarphone - screen showing option to boost a social media post

The proposals from the Attorney-General’s Department could help bolster Australia’s privacy laws — but there are some deficiencies.

possums eating dead kangaroo

When they set up remote cameras throughout the bush, scientists were not expecting to capture these small marsupials scavenging for flesh.

hands typing on laptop keyboard

There won’t be an easy tech fix for the questions about authorship raised by ChatGPT and other text generators.

microsoft bing on a computer screen

Users have reported some troubling experiences with the recently released search chatbot.

vial containing blood and a label stuck to it that says 'marburg virus'

There has been an epidemic outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea for the first time. Here’s what you need to know about the virus, and how it spreads.

a chinese man in a space suit in a scene from the movie.

Amid global a crisis, China rises to save the world – while Western countries descend into chaos.

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