by Dr. Paul Bowell, Ekaterina Pechenkina, Emma Sherry and Paul Scifleet, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The 2024 Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) season kicked off last week, continuing…
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How Australia’s new AI ‘guardrails’ can clean up the messy market for artificial intelligence
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Australia’s federal government has today launched a proposed set of mandatory guardrails for high-risk AI alongside a voluntary safety standard for organizations using AI. Each of…
Observing Trauma Boosts Resilience Through Serotonin
Summary: A new study reveals that observing others endure trauma can increase resilience and protect against depression. Researchers found that serotonin, released in the brain’s habenula, plays a key role…
How much does aging affect mental acuity? It’s debatable
I cringed recently while driving to the clinic where I specialize in geriatric medicine when I heard a young radio announcer refer to old people as “wiggy,” a pejorative for…
Lucky alignment of 2 spacecraft reveals how solar wind gets a magnetic push
Our sun is far from the smooth, unvarying ball of light we see in the sky. Up close, its “surface” rumbles with powerful eddies that routinely burp superheated material into…
UN climate chief calls for investment boost in Africa
Action on clean energy and adaptation can be the single greatest opportunity to lift up African people and economies, Simon Stiell says UN climate chief Simon Stiell has urged world…
Will humans accept robots that can lie? Scientists find it depends on the lie
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Honesty is the best policy… most of the time. Social norms help humans understand when we need to tell the truth and when we shouldn’t, to…
Thinking of trying a new diet? Here are 4 questions to ask yourself before you do
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain We live in a society that glorifies dieting, with around 42% of adults globally having tried to lose weight. Messages about dieting and weight loss are…
If Australia wants to fast-track 100% renewables, it must learn from Europe’s risky path
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Even after decades encouraging the growth of renewables, we’re still too reliant on coal and gas power stations. The problem isn’t in our ability to generate…
