Independent Analysis and Reportage
Calls for an overhaul of New Zealand’s freedom-of-information rules have gone largely unheeded for years. But momentum for reform seems to be building.
If all the ice in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin melted, it would raise global sea levels 3 to 4 metres. It happened before – at temperatures we’re heading towards
Commitments to Indigenous health research cannot be clawed back as part of proposed dismantling of equity, diversity and inclusion criteria for federal research funding.
A hit 1983 movie illustrates what computer scientists have long known: If you give an AI agent a goal but don’t control what it can and can’t do, you shouldn’t be surprised by what it does.
All government departments and agencies must conduct an immediate stocktake of their legacy systems, under the government order.
Australia is on track to have more deaths than births by the 2060s. Other countries grapple with the same problem. Are they doing better than us?
Three years ago, researchers tested AI on real Australian law exams and it struggled. They wanted to know if this is still the case.
Papua New Guinea’s frost disaster suggests heat and drought aren’t the only symptoms of a changing climate.
An offensive in the Tigray region followed months of aerial strikes by the Ethiopian government. The situation could spark a wider regional conflict.
Involving both the public and all parties in shaping reforms on how they vote will be crucial.
Economic growth may have returned to NZ, but lifting living standards will require more than a cyclical recovery. What should voters be looking for in policies?
The prime minister wants fixing the crisis in social care to be the defining mission of his premiership.