Technology
Young Australians are trusting AI for financial advice. But chatbots can fail in 3 ways
For the first time, more young Australian investors are taking investment advice from artificial intelligence (AI) than from a financial professional.
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- Technology
Why are Australians so interested in the US midterms?
For good and ill, news media executives have a highly developed instinct for a story. They live and die by it. So why do they think these midterm elections in the United States are such a huge story as to warrant rolling television coverage…
- Government
The Democrats’ ‘blue tsunami’ is a strong repudiation of Donald Trump. Now, they will look to replicate it in 2028
American voters have inflicted a generational defeat on the Republican Party in the midterm elections, with Democrats winning control of both houses of Congress: the House of Representatives and Senate.
- Community
Australia is set to get a Wegovy pill. How does it compare with weight-loss injections?
A new tablet version of Wegovy, a peptide used to help people lose weight, has been approved for the first time in Australia.
- Culture
Bigger than bombs: Tim Burns exhibition explores the artist behind explosive art actions
In 1972, the ANZAC Day ceremony in Sydney was delayed when wreaths laid at the Cenotaph memorial in Martin Place burst into flames – apparently without cause.
- Science
Millions of bogong moths are blanketing our cities and they are still endangered
In recent weeks, people across Australia have found fluttering bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) in their homes, cars and even bedrooms.
- Health
Australia’s native bees have an unusual power that can fight antibiotic resistance
A grazed knee. A cut while gardening. A routine hip replacement. For most of the past century, these were minor worries. But in a world where antibiotics stop working, any of them could turn deadly.
- Government
How secure is postal voting in Victoria? We decided to find out
With state elections coming up on November 28, you might have wondered: how secure is postal voting in Victoria?
- Health
NZ’s next government must look beyond today’s health challenges – a new report shows why
The decisions New Zealanders make at this year’s general election will help shape health and wellbeing for decades to come.
CultureAustralian poetry classics: Adam Lindsay Gordon’s The Sick Stockrider captured the nation’s frontier anxiety
Labelled “Poet of Australia”, a bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon has sat beetle-browed in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey since 1934, about the time his reputation began to slide.
CultureYour computer can’t read a floppy disk – so how do we save the history they hold?
When you think of archives, you probably think of dusty old boxes of paper documents, photos, diaries, letters and flyers, filed away in storage.
ScienceHow to say ‘no’ to your child – and stick to it
“No” may be one of the hardest words for parents to say to a young child.