Is English down the ‘skibidi toilet’?
TikTok and YouTube slang has Gen Alpha speaking a ‘new language’ while parents and experts express concern about the state of literacy in Australia as social media reigns supreme
TikTok and YouTube slang has Gen Alpha speaking a ‘new language’ while parents and experts express concern about the state of literacy in Australia as social media reigns supreme
Sad face emojis and ‘blue screens of death’ don’t capture the sheer magnitude of the worldwide systems shutdown caused by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike’s failed software update
A huge underground cave on the moon could serve as a future base for astronauts
Partial fossils of a giant 230kg prehistoric bird found in South Australia 45,000 years ago have given scientists clues about the flightless megafauna’s physical structure and appearance
Long seen as a spiky menace to the gardeners of Townsville, the electric caterpillar has a painful and venomous sting that scientists say could be used in a surprising way
Scientists in South Africa are injecting radioactive chips into rhino horns to make animals ‘useless’ to illegal poachers
Cartoonist Mark Knight suggests cool heads are needed in the nuclear power debate after Liberal leader Peter Dutton’s policy announcement sent the political landscape into instant meltdown
Apple has unveiled its pick of new apps, including a program that solves complex maths equations and a new functionality that will respond to users shaking or nodding their heads to say yes or no
A new study has shown Ancient Egyptians may have performed surgery to treat cancer as far back as 4000 years ago after hi-tech equipment detected cut marks in an ancient skull
Some of the most beautiful, crystal-blue waterways in the world now resemble a ‘milky orange juice’ — and a new study suggests there is cause for concern
The lure of the Titanic remains undimmed despite the OceanGate tragedy last year, as a billionaire investor partners with Triton Submarines to prove to the world travelling to the site can be safe
Alice in Wonderland’s classic adventure gave today’s world the perfect phrase to capture the allure and danger of social media for young people as cartoonist Mark Knight illustrates the ‘abyss’
Passengers aboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 included 56 Australians and first reports suggest a natural phenomenon caused their ordeal – here’s what we can learn from it
PM Anthony Albanese and multiple state leaders say it’s time to change minimum age requirements for social media sites and create better enforcement to help protect Aussie kids from harm
World Bee Day 2024: How did a few stowaway bees stranded far from home survive life in a new country? The answer could bring fresh hope for Australia’s native bee population
Elephants do as much legwork as humans in order to greet each other, using multiple senses including sight, touch, smell and sound to communicate when they come together, new study finds
Efforts to protect Tasmanian devils from the deadly facial tumour disease that has already wiped out half the known population have researchers hoping the latest vaccine trial succeeds
The video platform says it wants its users to know ‘what is fact and what is fiction’ as more AI-generated images dupe social media users across the world
The super-Earth planet known as 55 Cancri e is surrounded by an atmosphere of gases, a groundbreaking new study has revealed – but does this mean it holds the conditions to sustain life?
The building blocks of whale language are closer to being understood as an ‘extraordinary’ new study identifies four distinct sounds Dominican sperm whales make while communicating