Science

A new theoretical framework could extend Stephen Hawking’s famous laws of black-hole mechanics to the violent, constantly changing black holes found in the real universe. Researchers at Penn State have …

Researchers are investigating whether pesticide exposure could help explain a puzzling increase in lung cancer among younger people who have never smoked, particularly women. A preliminary study from the USC …

A major international study involving more than 214,000 older adults has found that preventable dementia risk factors differ substantially between countries, suggesting that a single global prevention strategy may not …

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is intensifying concern about the environmental impact of the data centres required to operate increasingly powerful AI systems. As major technology companies invest billions …

Australia should avoid treating Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s large diaspora gathering in Melbourne as nothing more than a cultural celebration, according to commentary raising questions about foreign political influence …

Cybersecurity experts have warned that the recent nationwide Telstra outage exposed weaknesses in Australia’s critical communications infrastructure that could potentially be exploited by malicious actors, even though investigators have found no evidence that …

A proposed change to United States federal grant rules has prompted scientists and historians to warn about the dangers of allowing political priorities to determine which research receives public funding. …

Scientists have identified the first confirmed evidence of landslides on Pluto after re-examining images collected by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its historic 2015 flyby. Researchers discovered six large areas …

Earth to Experience Three of the Shortest Days in Summer 2025 as Rotation Speeds Up In an unusual twist, scientists say Earth will experience three significantly shorter days this summer …