Emergent Futures Tumblelog

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Aviva detects record £230m in bogus insurance claims as use of AI rises

Insurer found 18,400 suspect claims last year with some scammers using AI to fake accident scenes and documents

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SpaceX has asked to place 100,000 Gen3 satellites into 20 orbital shells split between 323–327.5 and 473–477.5 kilometers above Earth, each

SpaceX has applied to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for permission to operate a 100,000-satellite “Gen3” system in low Earth or

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Batteries charge ahead as data centres fuel gas turbine costs: CSIRO

Falling battery costs and a data centre-fuelled dash for gas have overturned decades of accepted wisdom: gas is no longer the cheapest way t

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Smart glasses help vision-impaired despite privacy concerns

For people who are blind, AI-powered smart glasses deliver a level of independence that was once out of reach, but the rise of wearable came

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Signs of sugar detected near centre of the Milky Way

Astronomers have detected signs of a type of sugar found in raspberries in gas clouds near the centre of our galaxy the Milky Way.

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30 years since Dolly the sheep was born, where is cloning technology at now?

Today, cloning is not a technology that can simply “copy and paste” living things. But it’s brought advances in several fields of science.

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Australian-first CO2-powered battery planned for coal town

The Victorian government unveils a plan to build a compressed CO2 battery storage system in the heart of the state's coal country.

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Girls married off as a climate change 'coping strategy'

Climate change is now believed to be a leading contributor to more frequent and younger nuptials, with 12 million girls tipped to become chi

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Melbourne injecting room cut ambulance callouts by 70pc, report reveals

Data from a new paper shows the number of heroin-related ambulance call-outs dropped from 48 a month to 14 a month in the first five years f

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Researchers explore gene editing to develop sea lice-resistant Atlantic salmon

A major Norwegian research initiative is using CRISPR gene-editing technology to identify genetic mechanisms behind sea lice resistance, wit

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Screwworm could be the first species targeted by an 'extinction drive'

We have developed genetic technologies that could wipe out entire species of pests that are harmful to us. Columnist Michael Le Page says th

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Stripe, Anthropic, and OpenAI are backing an effort to stop respiratory infections

Intercept, a new nonprofit, will focus on countering the common cold and the flu.

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Regenerative agriculture improves productivity and profitability while reducing greenhouse gas emissions on Australian sheep farms - Nature

Regenerative agriculture promises lower emissions and healthier soils, but results vary by environment and practice. Across four diverse rai

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Engineered hookworms could one day dispense drugs from inside your gut

In a first, researchers genetically modified hookworms. It’s a step toward turning the parasites into living pharmacies.