Startling

Just about everywhere you look, there are worsening signs that Australia is no longer the lucky country.From record-high rents to skyrocketing mortgages, a cost-of-living crisis to the alarming emergence of a ‘working poor’ population, the…

‘Before, if Xorin had killed someone, I’d’ve said: ‘Right, I’m gonna grass you up.’ Now, it’s like: ‘Mate, I’ll help you bury the body.’ That’s how close we’ve become.” Xorin is 17 and his potential partner in crime is Kelly, his mother –…

<!-- --> Fox executives and the Fox board of directors “made a startling discovery” one day before Dominion Voting System’s defamation trial against the company…

Zendaya looks like a dream in a custom navy blue saree with 3D embroidery designed by Rahul Mishra. (Image: Instagram)With a dark blue saree created by Indian designer Rahul Mishra, Hollywood actress Zendaya had dazzled on the NMACC Day 2…

Recent public interest in tools like ChatGPT has raised an old question in the artificial intelligence community: is artificial general intelligence (in this case, AI that performs at human level) achievable?An online preprint this week…

NSW Premier Chris Minns has shared the tragic lie he was told about his friend’s suicide during a frank conversation about mental ill health and suicide prevention. Mr Minns made the personal admission at the Lifeline International…

First it was the eerie images of barrels leaking on the seafloor not far from Catalina Island. Then the shocking realization that the nation’s largest manufacturer of DDT had once used the ocean as a huge dumping ground — and that as many…

The last race of a Formula One season is inevitably an emotional moment for drivers. There are always a few leaving one team to join another and some who are contemplating uncertain futures. There may be one or two who call time on their…

This one-off documentary is brought to you by the production company that made Europe from Above, Hidden Britain by Drone, and The Emirates from Above. It specialises in using aerial photography to find new perspectives, in other words –…

Inside the Boston Public Library, deep in the stacks, are clues to an escape from slavery in 1848 – a breathtaking combination of daring and deception. Author Ilyon Woo, who has spent the last seven years combing through archives…