Science

The Australian Labor Party's national platform now explicitly recognises fungi alongside flora and fauna.

A pygmy blue whale has died after becoming stranded off the coast of Groote Eylandt in what researchers believe is the first time the species has ever been sighted in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The technology captures the faces of customers and matches their features against databases to identify repeat violent offenders. 

The scheme is incentivising builders constructing data centres in NSW to comply with newly set guidelines.

As fears rise about its impact on students' learning and development, teachers and educators are split on what role AI should play in classrooms.

Regulators are removing record numbers of fake celebrity-endorsed investment scams, using AI images of famous figures from the prime minister to Alan Kohler and Gina Rinehart. 

A new study finds that an estimated 1.7 million people are susceptible to measles, with experts warning it could lead to more outbreaks. 

A Phillip Island penguin has died from H5N1 bird flu in the first detection among the island's little penguin colony, ahead of vaccinations beginning on Monday.

Researchers find that the location where cocoa beans are fermented can have a big influence on chocolate flavour, unlocking the potential to market chocolate by region, like wine.

Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.