Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield regular Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the ...

Universities like to present themselves as durable institutions. They outlast governments, ride out recessions, and take ...

The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the ...

It’s hard to keep up with all the discoveries made around the world every year in science, but harder still to sort the hype ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. By experimentally testing nearly 1,000 DNA switches in human ...

But only a tiny percentage of our DNA – around 2% – contains our 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98% – long known as the non-coding genome, or so-called ‘junk’ DNA – includes many of the switches that ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

Former Australian of the Year Michelle Simmons' deep tech startup says it is “on track” to build the world’s first commercial-scale quantum computer, with new research showing it has hurdled a key ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

Acclaimed oceanographer, marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer at Large Sylvia Earle has spent the better part of her life as a leading expert in ocean exploration and conservation. Since ...

Australian teachers are in crisis, with 9 in 10 experiencing severe stress and nearly 70% saying their workload is unmanageable. A major UNSW Sydney study found teachers suffer depression, anxiety, ...