The Science Briefing

Artificial Intelligence: Is ChatGPT As Scary As You Think It Is?

The ChatGPT chatbot has taken the internet by storm for both very legitimate and silly reasons.   Some of the things…

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Artificial Intelligence: Are Our Phones Actually Listening To Us?

Artificial intelligence – it’s everywhere. While it might seem like AI is isolated to applications such as ChatGPT and other…

2 years ago

A Deadly Fungus Has Shut Down An Iconic Australian Island

Have you ever watched Last of Us, a popular video game and TV series where a fungus turns humans into…

2 years ago

Did You Know Giant Wombats Used To Roam Australia?

Before humans roamed the earth, we had dinosaurs; not too long after the extinction of dinosaurs we had giant sabre-tooth…

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Toothpaste: What Are We Really Putting In Our Mouths?

Brushing our teeth is almost an unconscious activity that we fit in to our morning and evening routines every day;…

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<strong>What Happened To The Hole In The Ozone Layer?</strong>

You might remember the chaos about a hole in the ozone layer back in the 1980s and 90s.  The layer…

2 years ago

Pigeons: The Unlikely Genius Of The Animal Kingdom

We all heard in history class that pigeons were used as a means of letter and messaging sending – but…

2 years ago

Is Medicinal Cannabis Really Effective?

The taboo of cannabis is quickly becoming a thing of the past as more people are being introduced to the…

2 years ago

Whales Have Stopped Singing & Other Random Science Facts You Missed This Month

It’s been another big month for science with some interesting things happening not just here on earth, but out in…

2 years ago

How Blood Splatter Can Lead Forensic Experts To A Killer

True crime junkies will already know that blood splatter at a crime scene can speak a thousand words.  While blood’s obvious…

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Unreliable Forensic Science Has sentenced Innocent People To Death

From DNA examination to hair and fibre analysis, a comprehensive range of forensic methods can be used to help solve…

2 years ago

How DNA Can Catch A Killer

From the drama series Only Murders In The Building to the most-loved true crime podcast Casefile, there has been a…

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