How do scientists estimate crowd sizes at public events – and why are they often disputed?
Last Sunday, tens of thousands marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Gaza. But…
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Why do some clothes shrink in the wash? A textile scientist explains how to ‘unshrink’ them
When your favourite dress or shirt shrinks in the wash, it can be devastating, especially if…
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Get discovered before it’s too late: top Yoast SEO for Shopify features to outperform competitors this Black Friday
Online shoppers spent over $10 billion, marking a 10% jump from the previous year, and 2025…
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Vectra AI Opens New Cybersecurity Office in Bangalore
Vectra AI, a cybersecurity firm specializing in AI-powered threat detection, announced the opening of a new…
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An underwater observatory keeping the pulse of the Southern Ocean for nearly 30 years yields fresh results
In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized role. It absorbs…
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Discovering a CSS Trick
Do we create or uncover CSS tricks? Michelangelo described sculpting as removing excess to reveal the…
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AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?
Self-correction is fundamental to science. One of its most important forms is peer review, when anonymous…
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Birds use hidden black and white feathers to make themselves more colourful
Birds are perhaps the most colourful group of animals, bringing a splash of colour to the…
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The Race to Control Our Brains Is Heating Up
Connecting the human brain to a computer has been the stuff of science fiction for decades…
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Employee Spotlight: Bojidar—The Knowledge-thirsty Geek
Summer is a complex season. You are brought by the Sun during the day, gently restored…
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New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone plates – and lots of them
Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on…
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Employee Spotlight: Mariyana—Score High Up in The Cloud
It seems that summertime is fleeting just as fast as it approaches. The warm nights of…
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LinkedIn study reveals how B2B video ads can gain +129% engagement lift
LinkedIn’s Creative Labs released a comprehensive study on B2B video advertising – analyzing more than 13,000 video…
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Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet
The climate we live in affects our lives in profound ways: hot summers, cold winters, dry…
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Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System
This week, astronomers spotted the third known interstellar visitor to our Solar System. First detected by…
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Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now
This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand was…
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Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans
Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years…
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She couldn’t find a clean prenatal vitamin — now her brand makes $250M a year
In the rapidly evolving world of wellness and health supplements, a remarkable narrative unfolds around a…
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‘Shit in, shit out’: AI is coming for agriculture, but farmers aren’t convinced
Australian farms are at the forefront of a wave of technological change coming to agriculture. Over…
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Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view
The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their…
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eCommerce Trends to Follow in 2023
The eCommerce sector is evolving quickly and no business wants to miss this attractive but very…
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Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300km of Pacific Ocean
In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the…
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Employee Spotlight: Tanya I. – A FastComet Support Hero
With March drawing to a close and Spring finally in the air, the arrival of April…
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Robot eyes are power hungry. What if we gave them tools inspired by the human brain?
Robots are increasingly becoming a part of our lives – from warehouse automation to robotic vacuum…
