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From wombat burrows to Noah

Technology developed by an Australian engineer to explore wombat burrows has been sent to eastern T

20 Oct 2026 8:10 am
Robot AI predicts future scenes to guide its next moves

A robot artificial intelligence (AI) system has been developed that can understand human instructions, predict what a scene will look like after an action and then carry out the task. Rather than simply translating instructions into physical movements, the technology also uses the anticipated outcomes of those actions to control the robot.

20 Oct 2026 2:50 am
Webb reveals metal-rich gas around Milky Way

The gas orbiting Sagittarius A (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, is rich in metals, researchers at McGill University

20 Oct 2026 1:30 am
New communications toolkit to help care providers prepare for cyber incidents

Digital Care Hub has launched a series of new resources to help adult social care providers plan how they will communicate with key stakeholders in the event of a cyber incident. These include people receiving care, families, staff, partner organizations and relevant public bodies.

20 Oct 2026 1:10 am
20 Oct 2026 1:10 am
The housing gap between young people with and without wealthy parents has nearly doubled

Among 30-year-olds with parents in the wealthiest fifth of the population, nearly seven out of ten own their own home. Among those with parents in the least wealthy fifth, the figure is around four out of ten. And the difference has grown.

20 Oct 2026 12:50 am
Smart farming is already proving profitable in some regions, global analysis finds

The use of robots, drones and AI tools in agriculture is already paying off on 42% of the world

20 Oct 2026 12:30 am
20 Oct 2026 12:10 am
When LLMs are trained on frivolous online content, they can get brain rot like humans do

As humans and AI models roam the internet, they encounter lots of junk: clickbait headlines, misinformation, hashtags. Research by Dr. Zhengzhong Tu and his colleagues indicates that this junk-filled environment could be a cause for concern.

19 Oct 2026 11:10 pm