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Sam Neill inspired a generation of palaeontologists

By Nic Rawlence The sudden death of actor Sam Neill prompted tributes from colleagues and fans worldwide. But the news also resonated strongly with many

Progress patchy on AI safeguards and duty of care

By Henry Fraser This week, a group of ministers issued a joint media release outlining a a series of artificial intelligence (AI) “safety priorities” for the

Nuclear cloud drifted over Australian mainland

By Elizabeth Tynan One winter’s day in June 1956, Britain detonated the largest weapon ever exploded in Australia. The test, code-named Mosaic G2, was conducted at

Growing Islamophobia a threat to social cohesion

By Fethi Mansouri The Albanese government has handed down its response to its special envoy’s report on Islamophobia in Australia, ten months after it was

‘Catastrophic’ Telstra outage exposes big risks in old tech

By Andrew Cullen At a two-and-a-half-hour Senate grilling on Friday, Telstra executives revealed just how bad their catastrophic outage earlier this month was. At its

Narcissistic leaders most likely to reject work from home

By Libby Sander Have you ever wondered why your boss wants you back in the office full-time, rather than allowing hybrid work, where you can combine work from home and

New UK Labour leader pledges to bring back hope

By Eric Shaw Andy Burnham has won on his third attempt to be Labour’s leader. In a wide-ranging speech to Labour MPs at a special conference in London, a jubilant

Workers changing jobs less often has an economic impact

By Peter Siminski and Christopher Carter The share of Australian workers who change employers in a given year has decreased a lot. In fact, this rate has more than

Words not enough to stop AI theft

By Alice Grundy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to protect Australian writers, musicians, artists and journalists, saying they “must retain ownership and

Why Australia needs mobile domestic roaming

By Mark A Gregory Telstra’s recent national mobile network outage was one of the worst incidents of its kind in living memory. More than 600 calls to Triple Zero were

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