Society

The Washington Post: Artificial intelligence has been a game changer for longevity predictors.

Australia had the sixth highest number of unvaccinated children among high-income countries in 2023, according to alarming new data released on Wednesday. 

The online safety tsar has called on YouTube not to be excluded from the under 16s social media ban, which is set to come into effect from December.

With 3200 megapixels and a mission to scan the sky every 40 seconds, the Vera Rubin Observatory is set to transform space discovery.

Despite a spate of fatal outcomes, Australian women are continuing to give birth without medical support in an alarming new trend that has the nation ‘going backwards’, according to one expert.

Jordan van den Lamb publishes the addresses of empty houses online and urges homeless people to use them as shelter. But landlords and real estate agents say his TikTok-fuelled protest crosses a dangerous line.

Artificial intelligence is changing the future, but experts say it’s also widening the gender gap in Australian STEM education.

THE ECONOMIST: The Facebook owner is throwing throwing ‘insane amounts of money at people’ to achieve his Artificial Intelligence ambitions.

JENI O’DOWD: Governments must stop tinkering at the edges of homelessness and start addressing root causes: more affordable housing and real mental health support.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Suddenly, airline passengers around the world are wondering if there is something special about Seat 11A. That’s where the sole survivor of the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash was sitting.

The family of the woman, who was eight weeks pregnant, was told she had to be kept alive until delivering her baby due to strict abortion laws. 

Hollywood action star Bruce Willis’s daughter Rumer has shared some devastating news about her dad as Americans celebrated Father’s Day.

Respectful standards or outdated censorship? A gym’s new dress code has ignited fierce debate online and divided its members.

Actor Eric Dane has held back tears as he opened up about his life with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — ALS — after being diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease earlier this year.

Researchers followed thousands of pre-teens for three years, generating unique insights into how social media is shaping kids.