Science and Technology

Sam Altman says he is returning to OpenAI after being fired by the company and joining Microsoft only days ago.

Australian officials are increasingly worried about the Pacific's vulnerability to cyber attacks, with the government spending $26 million to set up "rapid assistance" teams made up of experts from the private sector and specialists from intelligence agencies like the Australian Signals Directorate.

Submissions to a Senate inquiry outline what happened behind the scenes as Optus rushed to fix its recent outage.

At the start of 2023, experts warned ChatGPT would swamp schools in a wave of cheating. With the academic year wrapping up, we asked students what really happened.

New Zealand researchers say changing weather dynamics could be influencing the formation of larger holes in Antarctica's ozone layer, but others debate the new study's findings.

The company is behind Chat GPT and Sam Altman was at the fore before he was sacked by the board before being hired by one of the company's major supporters and tech giant Microsoft.

Researchers watched hours of video footage of a common bat species doing the deed to discover they use their massive penis like an arm to reproduce via "contact mating" instead of penetration, making them the first-known mammal to use this method.

The Australian Space Agency reveals four potential names for the country's first Moon rover, as part of a competition that now heads to a public vote.

X Corp, formerly Twitter, will file a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk has said. 

Citizen scientist David Finlay has filmed a firefly population, south of Wollongong.

A review finds Sam Altman "not consistently candid in his communications" with the board of OpenAI.

Issues between blue and green message bubbles could soon be a thing of the past, as Apple moves to adopt the RCS standard.

Tracks of 125-million-year-old avian footprints discovered by a volunteer fossil hunter are the earliest-known sign of birds in Australia and the southern hemisphere, researchers say.

The Federal Treasurer published the Government's vision for a revived Productivity Commission, of which economist Danielle Wood is the new chair.

Australia's first Artificial Intelligence month kicks off today with 'Friend or Foe' exhibition. Minister for Science and Industry Ed Husic hopes the events start the conversation around what worries people about AI and how to deal with those concerns.

Heat-related deaths across the world could increase almost fivefold by the middle of the century, according to a new report by more than 100 researchers.

Australian Computer Society warning of future skills shortage if more isn't done to encourage more people to enter STEM careers.

As big tech invests billions in a race to control "the most powerful technology in the world", some of AI's inventors fear the future they've helped create.

Despite a decrease in seismic activity in south-west Iceland, the risk of a volcanic eruption remains significant, authorities say, after earthquakes and magma spread underground in recent weeks.

Rising temperatures are already skewing sea turtle clutches towards having more female than males, but new research suggests heavy metal pollution could be too.

The flow of goods coming in and out of the country has seen major delays, as DP World Australia grapples with an IT system breach.

In the past few days, a slew of articles have run like wildfire through social media. Saturn's rings, those articles claim, are rapidly disappearing — and will be gone by 2025! So what's the story?

South Australian researchers think they will soon be able to offer woolgrowers an alternative to traditional shearing.

The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory is about to become home to a "quantum refrigerator", in a first for physicists in the Southern Hemisphere.

Come along on a trip to Exmouth Gulf as researchers hunt for one of the ocean's most cryptic creatures.