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Building life in the lab: Jacob Hanna and the synthetic embryo revolution
Jacob Hanna’s team grows embryo-like structures from stem cells, questioning the origins of life and starting an ethical storm.

Adam Spencer
16 minutes ago


The surprising downside of having too much free time
A huge US study finds life satisfaction rises with free time but then drops sharply when free time becomes excessive.

Adam Spencer
7 days ago


Gorillas on the Piss?
Wild chimps get up to 14g ethanol per day from fruit, the equivalent of a stubby of VB or a margarita. Drunkie monkey? Not really.

Adam Spencer
Nov 12


Octopuses and the rubber tentacle illusion
Octopuses fall for the human “rubber hand illusion”, suggesting you don’t need a central brain to feel what’s yours.

Adam Spencer
Nov 6


Quantum win at last: Google’s chip echoes loudly
Google’s Willow chip just solved a molecular problem 13,000 times faster than the world’s top supercomputer. Quantum finally delivers real-world impact.

Adam Spencer
Nov 4


The colour nobody should see
Scientists tricked human eyes into seeing a new colour — “olo.” It lives between red and green, where biology says no colour should exist.

Adam Spencer
Nov 1


Checkmate to cancer? AI turns untreatable cancers into treatable ones
DeepMind shows how to convert immunotherapy-resistant “cold” tumours into “hot” ones. Not ChatGPT; this is an old school gangsta flex.

Adam Spencer
Nov 1


Optimists are all the same – pessimists unique!
Brain scans reveal optimists share similar neural patterns when imagining the future, but pessimists seem unique.

Adam Spencer
Oct 22


Is TikTok playing you (and your kids) like a piano?
TikTok’s own highly protected data shows it takes just 260 videos, about 35 minutes, to form a usage habit. The Washington Post confirmed it with 15 million swipes.

Adam Spencer
Oct 16


Renewables overtake coal: A milestone moment ?
For the first time, global renewables have overtaken coal—a messy picture, but a milestone to celebrate.

Adam Spencer
Oct 13


Awesome Aussie wins a Nobel Prize
A great day for Australian science and Australia as a whole as Richard Robson wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. But what does this have to do with Harry Potter and handbags? Find out in a special #NerdNews

Adam Spencer
Oct 9


The qubit of Wall Street? Has HSBC cracked quantum trading?
HSBC claims quantum computers improved bond trade predictions by 34% in lab trials. Proponents are bullish, but stress results aren’t from live trading.

Adam Spencer
Oct 7


Show me the (Xania) Monet: AI’s $3M record deal
Xania Monet, an AI-driven artist, secures a multimillion record deal. A triumph for tech, or a tipping point for human musicians?

Adam Spencer
Sep 29


Phage against the machine: AI-designed viruses stick it to E. coli
For the first time, scientists have used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria. This advance has major medical promise, but could pose serious safety and biosecurity questions.

Adam Spencer
Sep 24


A penny for your (unspoken) thoughts
Stanford's breakthrough new brain implant reads inner speech potentially freeing people 'locked in' by certain conditions.

Adam Spencer
Sep 23


Life on Mars? (Redux)
Just last week it was announced that NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a Martian rock with strange textures and rich chemistry. It isn’t proof of life, but it may be the closest we’ve ever come. This makes the current threatened budget cuts to NASA even more concerning.

Adam Spencer
Sep 17


Hey bacon breath: World’s first pig lung transplant
Chinese surgeons have taken a landmark step toward a world where we tackle the chronic global shortage in human organs … with our porkiest friends!

Adam Spencer
Sep 10


Headaches suck - but we don't know why
Migraines. Clusters. What causes brain-splitting headaches? And what can we do to stop them? In 2025 still depressingly little.

Adam Spencer
Sep 8


Always wanted to be a scientist? It’s never been easier
Did you know with as little as a smartphone and some spare time, you could contribute to cutting edge Australian science? This is the world of citizen science.

Adam Spencer
Sep 1


Synthetic soul: Music’s AI deception
Hot new band Velvet Sundown gains 1 million Spotify listeners before admitting they're entirely AI, sparking fierce debate about authenticity in music.

Adam Spencer
Aug 13
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