Society

The real lesson of DeepSeek is that America’s approach to AI safety and regulations — the concerns espoused by both the Biden and Trump administrations, as well as by many AI companies — was largely nonsense.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Beverly Bryan alleges a surgeon killed her husband by mistakenly removing his liver instead of his spleen, then participated in a conspiracy.

ANDREW BRAGG: Housing is one of the major issues facing Australia. Almost everyone knows someone who wants to buy a house but they can’t. A feeling of helplessness is taking over for millions of Australians. 

Sufferers say they are often mislabelled as ‘picky’ eaters.

It might seem incomprehensible that a parent could leave a child in a car, but a neuroscientist has explained the phenomenon.

JENI O’DOWD: When an $11 steak needs a security tag, it says less about crime and more about a broken economy where people are forced to steal just to eat. What does that say about the country we’ve become?

THE WASHINGTON POST: A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into human brains - with potentially dangerous effects on people’s health and mental acuity.

The much-maligned proposal for an independent Federal environmental watchdog will be formally put down on Wednesday when both the Government and Opposition move to take it off Parliament’s agenda.

ANDREW CARSWELL: Labor’s on-again, off-again flirtation with environmental reform points to a party grappling with an identity crisis.

The sharks had not had any contact with a male for more than three years.

KATE EMERY: A Federal review into transgender health care is a powerful opportunity to take the politics out of this crucial question

‘She was walloping me with a walking stick and I remember thinking, “This time she’ll kill me”.’

A putrid-smelling flower that has become an online sensation drew a crowd of 27,000 people wanting to a whiff of the odour.

The former X-Factor star had to rush her six-month-old son back to the hospital after doctors sent him home.

BRYONY GORDON: If you have diabetes, or are obese, Ozempic is life-changing. But if you’re a slim person trying to use it to drop a dress size? I’m afraid it’s not Ozempic that you need, but therapy.