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Optus to pay $100m fine for ‘predatory’ sales practices targeting vulnerable AustraliansJosh TaylorThe federal court has fined Optus $100m over ‘predatory’ sales practices in 26 stores,…

Adapted from Filo/Getty Like many epidemiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic, Katelyn Jetelina turned to social media to help keep people informed. It was the spring of…

The Earth is constantly receiving space signals that contain vital information about extremely energetic phenomena. Among the most peculiar are brief pulses of extremely high-energy radio…

Visitors at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Japan, which includes an artist’s impression of the bombed-out museum building.Credit: Yuichi Yamazaki/GettyOn the morning of 6 August…

Attendees at a meeting of a US Senate appropriations committee on 31 July: from left, Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state; Susan Collins, a Republican…

More than 2,000 languages spoken in Africa are being neglected in the artificial intelligence (AI) era. For example, ChatGPT recognizes only 10–20% of sentences written in…

The cuts to science under the Trump administration have sparked protests and will threaten the positions of many international early-career researchers.Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via GettyA…

In some cases, scientists use AI models to evaluate manuscripts or help draft peer-review reports.Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into…

Married couples in Japan are required by law to share the same family name.Credit: kyonntra/GettyJapan is the only country in the world that legally requires married…

Virtual cell models could help to predict how tumour cells (pictured) respond to experimental drugs. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryIf Stephen Quake gets his way, biologists…