Sciences & Technology

Urban sprawl and climate change mean ‘snake season’ isn't as simple as a date on the calendar. Our new Map of the Month tells you what you need to know to shed your snake bias

Our research transformed road verges in Melbourne from mown grass into native habitat and seven times more insect pollinators came to visit. It’s time to put the nature back into nature strips.

The steering committee for Bangladesh’s national AI policy lists three chief executives of the AI industry. When they help decide the rules that govern them, regulation becomes mere theatre

While artificial intelligence can help archaeologists, it can also spread pseudoscientific claims and false histories, stripping Indigenous Knowledge of context, consent and community control

Running side by side down Australia's east coast, these two chains of volcanoes should have collided millions of years ago. New research reveals what's kept them apart

We've never known exactly which grass pollens trigger hay fever or thunderstorm asthma in Melbourne's spring. Now DNA is revealing which grasses are to blame

When asked to explain why an algorithm rejected a loan application, two AI models listed entirely different reasons. If AI can disagree like this, what does it mean for transparency?

The she-oaks no longer whisper across much of Australia. A 2000-year record from GunaiKurnai Country holds the answer to who shaped these native woodlands and what restoration is missing

New technology is integrating sustainability into production and helping Australia’s agricultural industry demonstrate its green credentials