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65,000-year-old ‘stone Swiss Army knives’ show early humans had long-distance social networks
Humans are the only species to live in every environmental niche in the world –...
Eco-friendly tech comes with its own environmental costs: that’s why it’s vital to cut energy demand now
If we want to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 or even 2℃, we’ll need a monumental...
Newly discovered fast radio burst challenges what astronomers know about these powerful astronomical phenomena
A newly discovered fast radio burst has some unique properties that are simultaneously...
Decisive people don’t make better decisions – new research
I’ve always been an indecisive person. What to wear, which menu item to pick, when...
Sleep: here’s how much you really need for optimal cognition and wellbeing – new research
Most of us struggle to think well after a poor night’s sleep – feeling foggy and...
How to express yourself if you want others to cooperate with you – new research
Collective action is often the key to creating dramatic social or environmental...
What is it about the human brain that makes us smarter than other animals? New research gives intriguing answer
Humans are unrivalled in the area of cognition
Prehistoric Planet: TV show asked us to explore what weather the dinosaurs lived through
When conjuring up images of when dinosaurs ruled the planet we often think of hot...
Eating sea squirts reverses signs of ageing in mice – new research
Mice fed extracts of a creature called a sea squirt – so-called because they tend...
The dark side of social media influencing
As experts in social media and user behaviour, we recently published a paper that...
What the next Australian government must do to save the Great Barrier Reef
Widespread coral bleaching has now occurred on the Great Barrier Reef for the fourth...
Deadbots can speak for you after your death. Is that ethical?
Machine-learning systems are increasingly worming their way through our everyday...
How we captured first image of the supermassive black hole at centre of the Milky Way
Black holes are among the most profound predictions of Einstein’s theory of general...
A boom in fitness trackers isn’t leading to a boom in physical activity – men, women, kids and adults in developed countries are all moving less
Worldwide sales of fitness trackers increased from US$14 billion in 2017 to over...
Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? A biologist explains the science of murmurations
Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? – Artie W., age 9, Astoria,...
Can we ever fully separate our work and home lives? Philosophy suggests we should stop trying
If you could take work-life balance to its most literal extreme, what would it look...