Jack Revell

The United Nations to have fully recovered from man-made degradation by 2040. The changes will help the world avoid an additional 0.5 degrees of warming. Good climate news: The ozone layer is on track to recover within 4 decades. The healing of the…

Guzman and Gomez, the popular Australian-based Mexican fast food chain, devastated non-meat eaters recently when they quietly dropped a popular vegan menu item. The shredded mushroom — a BBQ-inspired mushroom protein filling — was unceremoniously…

If you thought you could ignore or escape the rise of artificial intelligence, think again. Almost 40% of jobs worldwide — and up to 60% in developed economies — will be impacted by AI, according to a new analysis by the International Monetary Fund.…

The 28th annual United Nations Conference of the Parties is set to get underway in Dubai on Thursday as world leaders gather to once again discuss the impacts of human activity in the ongoing degradation of the climate and the environment. Against a…

Australia’s largest photographic event, The Head On Photo Festival, is returning to the sunny shores of Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach for its 14th year. Much like everything else in 2023, the festival is about to feel the impact of artificial…

The future of technology promises both wonder and terror. For example, imagine never having to charge your phone again using highly advanced battery technology. Now imagine that that same technology was used to power drones that would always be in…

Finding a perp’s fingerprints at the scene of the crime and matching them to a suspect has been a tried and true method of detective work and a key Hollywood trope for decades. AI may have just problematized that assumption — and the entire world of…

We’re just shy of two weeks into the new year and already it’s reported that most people have started to give up on their resolutions. Data from the social fitness platform Strava has found that the most common date that people’s fitness kick starts…

The Australian Open is a major fixture in the sporting calendar. Starting off the year, the eyes of the tennis world turn to Melbourne to watch two weeks of international greats duel it out on the blue courts. At the height of this celebration of…

With the draw for the Australian Open about to get underway and the 128 male and female competitors vying for greatness about to learn their fate, we take a look at exactly what’s at stake here, beyond the silverware and the international glory.…

Australia’s reputation as an electric vehicle shy laggard was shattered last year. EV sales in 2023 doubled the total of the year before, which already doubled the total of the year prior. Combined with hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrids, more than…

This time last year, ChatGPT was just starting to crack into mainstream consciousness. In the subsequent 12 months, the floodgates of artificial intelligence were well and truly flung open, and AI became the buzziest buzzword to define the year that…

We still don’t know exactly how life on Earth got its start but what science can now say with certainty is that one of the key events that got us to where we are today happened, way, way before we thought it did. Belgian scientists, working with…

Bulk billed GP appointments are becoming a rarity, with a new report showing that the number of clinics bulk billing all patients dropped by more than 500 in the last year. Cost of living pressures are pushing GPs to increase their fees which are…

Knowing when you’re going to die is not a comforting thought to many. However, gaining some perspective on the finite amount of time you’ve got to enjoy all the things and people you love has been shown to have positive mental health effects. So it’s…

“Trillions” of humans could one day be floating through the vast, endless void of space, living in giant space stations and dreaming of the Earth we’ve left behind. That is, if Amazon founder and sometime-world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, gets his…

“Even though I can’t be by your side ever again, my soul is still in this world, accompanying you through life.” So speaks Xuanmo Wu, a Chinese student, to his parents. However, Xuanmo passed away last year at the age of 22 after a sudden stroke…

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Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of coal and, historically, one of its most ardent protectors. Now, following the publication of a new roadmap, it looks like the country is finally ready to phase out the black stuff. The Australian…

Burnout is one of the top workplace buzzwords of the year and, by the looks of things, questions about how to deal with burnout are only going to become more pressing in the year to come. Defined by the World Health Organization as characterised by…