Space Science Series

Europe can’t achieve space sovereignty alone. Here’s why

Sep 15, 2026 05:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Technology

Europes space effort is split across too many national programmes was the blunt diagnosis Andrius Kubilius, the EU Commissioner for Defence and Space made at the recent International Space Summit in Paris. Sovereignty was...

Synthetic data could ease people’s concerns about privacy breaches. But who gets to create it?

Sep 15, 2026 05:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Governance

For the past decade, most public debates about data have revolved around a familiar anxiety: too much of our personal information is being collected from our records and our online activity, and then shared and monetised....

AI Revolution Series

China’s robots can run faster than Usain Bolt – now they are being prepared for war

Sep 15, 2026 05:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-metre sprint in a staggering 8.64 seconds, shattering Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolts legendary human world record of 9.58...

Global Geopolitics Series

Banking scandal rocks Brazil’s politics and the country’s presidential election in October

Sep 15, 2026 05:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

On the night of 17 Nov. 2025, Brazilian federal agents pulled banker Daniel Vorcaro off the tarmac at Sao Paulos Guarulhos airport as he prepared to board a private jet. He was initially detained as a flight risk and...

Climate Change Series

Unsustainable – or manageable? We don’t yet know how data centres will impact Australia’s environment

Sep 15, 2026 05:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Nature

Australias pipeline of huge data centre projects has raised questions about how much energy and water these giant server farms will use. These questions arent simple to answer because we dont have the data. We cant check...

1 in 3 uni students experience serious financial hardship. Could concession cards for all help?

Sep 15, 2026 05:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Last week, the peak body for Australian universities called on the federal government to introduce concession cards and further discounts to all domestic uni students. Universities Australia says the measures would ease...

‘Buy now, pay later’ doesn’t feel like debt. For young people, that can be a big problem

Sep 15, 2026 05:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The way a product is labelled can change how consumers think about it. No added sugar or 99% fat free can make food sound healthier than it really is. The same might apply to buy now, pay later schemes. Marketed as a...