As AI agents become more autonomous, keeping them aligned with what humans want will require layered oversight and effective control.
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Science equips us with the tools to reason, evaluate evidence, and make informed decisions in a complex, changing world.
Labels alone won’t be enough to tackle the rise of deepfakes.
New research suggests crocodiles used to have hot blood and fast metabolisms, but gave it all up to lurk underwater waiting for prey.
What many people think of as ‘play’ may not be play at all. In fact, these interactions could cause cats stress.
Australia’s access to the global internet depends on a surprisingly small number of undersea cables.
Paying for engaging content is not the same as intending to fund extremism, but it creates a risk that harmful content will benefit.
The telecommunications ombudsman has recommended ‘an overhaul of how telecommunications services are regulated’.
Who gets to authorise such deployments? And who checks the safeguards?
More than 98% of people have been tickled. But scientists still don’t understand why we do it.
‘Who’s a good boy? Yes, you are!’
Many buildings in Colombia have thin concrete walls, which makes them extremely vulnerable to collapse.
Think your dog can tell when you’re angry rather than sad? New research inside dogs’ brains suggests the answer might be more complicated than you think.
Tool use among non-human animals is more widespread than you might think.
AI systems can already monitor traffic lights, scan for potholes and answer residents’ questions – the hard part is making sure people can trust them.
AI-powered breakthroughs are raising big questions about how to do mathematics – and why we do it in the first place.
It isn’t obvious anymore whether someone is wearing a high-tech computer on their face.
Intelligence is an energetically expensive luxury. And a new study in Science shows meat has never been the main fuel source for our ancestors.
People still remember the 2016 #CensusFail. So how safe is the 2026 census?
Mountains of ice far away in the northern hemisphere surely couldn’t change rainfall in Australia – or could they?
Dodo skull scans show the famously extinct birds were no less brainy than their surviving relatives – and may have roamed at dusk and dawn.
The closer you zoom in, the more fascinating it is.
Is the evolution of excrement the reason we exist?
AI systems need ‘situational awareness’ to do the right thing – but recent events show they can get confused.
A new study changes what we know about one of nature’s most enigmatic animals.