Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

Former lawyer and two-time Victorian Liberals president Michael Kroger joined former ALP Senator Stephen Conroy on Sky News on Tuesday to discuss the government’s response to the harrowing attack on ...

The Greens have agreed to back the Labor government’s legislation rewriting the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act and ending a five-year struggle to supposedly fix a broken ...

Generative artificial intelligence can now counterfeit reality at an industrial scale. Deepfakes—photographs, videos and audio tracks that use AI to create convincing but entirely fabricated ...

In recent decades, global shipping—carrier of 80 per cent of world trade—has faced numerous threats that challenge the long-established right to freedom of navigation for all merchant ships. Piracy, ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...

If you’ve ever been startled while watching a show on a streaming service that was interrupted by an unreasonably loud commercial and thought to yourself, that should be illegal, soon it will be. At ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California and other states forbid licensed counselors from encouraging gay or transgender teens to change their ...

The mere display of a gun is seen by many as an act of aggression, an implied threat. That’s why Florida made it illegal in 1987 to walk around with a handgun on your hip or a rifle slung over your ...

August saw a 1.4% drop in active listings, while new listings dropped 1.1%, according to new data from Redfin. Even with mortgage rates coming down, creating a flurry of refinancing activity, home ...