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…
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A 3-tonne, $1.5 billion satellite to watch Earth’s every move is set to launch this week
In a few days, a new satellite that can detect changes on Earth’s surface down to…
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Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth
For two centuries, scholars have sparred over the roots of the Piasts, Poland’s first documented royal…
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For the first time, fossil stomach contents of a sauropod dinosaur reveal what they really ate
Since the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necks like Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus) have been almost universally…
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‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in
This week the US Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed two men suspected of bombing a fertility…
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One year ago, Australia scrapped a key equity in STEM program. Where are we now?
In June 2024, the Australian government ended the Women in STEM Ambassador program. The decision followed…
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Curious Kids: can spiders swim?
Can spiders swim? Waubra Preschool students, Victoria, Australia What a great question! Most spiders don’t swim…
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Astronomers thought the Milky Way was doomed to crash into Andromeda. Now they’re not so sure
For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda,…
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Knife crime is common but difficult to investigate. Robots can help
The following article contains material that some readers might find distressing. Around the world, knives are…
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Evidence shows AI systems are already too much like humans. Will that be a problem?
What if we could design a machine that could read your emotions and intentions, write thoughtful,…
