Ellen Phiddian

There's an increasing number of tools that block AIs from training themselves on online information. How do they work, and will they change the way AIs and the internet operate?

Artificial roosts, or "bat boxes", have become a popular home conservation tool. But a new study raises concerns about the danger these boxes pose during heatwaves.

The first set of ancient hand fossils from an ape-like cousin of humans discovered in Kenya suggest a number of species were capable of making tools 1.5 million years ago. 

Can a full moon affect your periods? A new study suggests there's a link, but others say there's little evidence. We look at the facts and debunk some myths.

Three newly discovered sites filled with art and stone tools have pushed back the date of when humans returned to Arabia after the last ice age.

A crushed million-year-old skull found in China that has been digitally reconstructed reopens a debate in human evolution.

A scientific journal has retracted a study that claimed apple cider vinegar rivalled Ozempic as a weight-loss agent.

Archaeologists claim they've found the oldest-known deliberately mummified remains in burial sites across China and South-East Asia, with some individuals dating back 14,000 years.

Industry is cautiously moving ahead with a new soft plastic recycling system in the wake of the REDcycle disaster. How will it work, and can we really have a circular soft plastic system in Australia?

A survey of Australian women with a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum found more than half considered terminating their pregnancy, and 90 per cent considered having no more children.