Some have suggested AI systems might aid in the construction of chemical or biological weapons.

James Bickerstaff, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australia National Insect Collection, CSIRO Summer is a great time to go beetle-watching in Australia. By protecting these dazzling insects, we can ...

The director of national intelligence is the president’s principal adviser on intelligence. A former White House intelligence official explains the role and how the person in it serves the nation.

Women with a higher genetic risk of depression are more likely to develop heart disease – even if they’ve never had a diagnosis of depression or other psychiatric disorders.

New, tech-driven developments, including new imprints by Microsoft and BookTok’s ByteDance, promise to make book publishing faster and more efficient. But what’s lost in the process?

This should give news media outlets hope – and inspire them to invest in new ways to reach audiences.

All We Imagine as Light’ disrupts popular notions of Mumbai and showcases the struggles and isolation migrants face in the city.

The outbreak of major hostilities in northern Syria beginning on November 27, 2024, raises concerns that civilians face a real risk of serious abuses at the hands of opposition armed groups and the ...

South Africa’s recently updated research ethics guidelines provide guidance on oversight into heritable human genome editing, and they should not be interpreted as a green light.

The outgoing Biden administration recently reversed a ban on Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. The ban had been imposed by the White House and observed by ...

To identify threats to the health of mothers and children, birth cohort studies look at groups of moms and their babies from birth or even earlier and follow them for many years.

But what about personality traits? Are they simply part of who we are, or do they play a larger role in determining our labour market success? Recent research my colleagues and I conducted explores ...