Australian businesses have actually been slow to adopt AI, survey finds

Burst/Unsplash Over the past few years, we have repeatedly been told artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for our jobs. In…

Trump’s tariffs threaten the future of innovation – and UK tech could be collateral damage

Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock US president Donald Trump’s 15% baseline tariffs on EU imports may read like a throwback to old-school protectionism, designed…

New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the scientific concept of validity can help cut through the hype

Closely examining the claims companies make about a product can help you separate hype from reality. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty…

How this year’s Nobel winners changed the thinking on economic growth

The prizewinners were announced at a ceremony in Stockholm. EPA/ANDERS WIKLUND SWEDEN OUT What makes some countries rich and others…

The 2025 Nobel economics prize honours economic creation and destruction

Economists Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt. Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach Three economists working in the…

Young businesses create 6 in 10 new jobs in Australia – far more than established firms

Chris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Governments of all stripes provide support to small businesses in the form of tax…

Who invented the light bulb?

Eureka, what an idea! TU IS/iStock/Getty Images Plus Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you…

Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades

The NIH is a node in an interconnected system producing health and medical advances. Anchalee Phanmaha/Moment via Getty Images In…

Fewer than 1 in 4 Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. Fixing it is in all our interests

Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash, CC BY Australia’s workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four…

From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history

Steel played a large role in the Industrial Revolution. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Many modern devices – from cellphones…