More than 2 million Indigenous people probably lived in Australia at the time of the British invasion in …
Troy Oakes
Troy Oakes
Troy was born and raised in Australia and has always wanted to know why and how things work, which led him to his love for science. He is a professional photographer and enjoys taking pictures of Australia's beautiful landscapes. He is also a professional storm chaser where he currently lives in Hervey Bay, Australia.
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Space
The U.S. Says It Has Launched ‘Space Control Weapons.’ It Plays Into the Hands of Its Enemies
by Troy OakesU.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink has announced the United States has deployed what he called “on-orbit space …
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Science Unmasked
Why Does Laundry Get Smelly if It Stays Wet? A Textile Scientist Explains How to Fix It
by Troy OakesYou forget a load in the machine overnight, and by the morning, it smells worse than before you …
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Science Unmasked
Australia’s Vast Nullarbor Plain Hides Deep Caves That Can Teach Us About Alien Worlds
by Troy OakesStretching over 200,000 square kilometers across southern Australia, the vast, flat plains of the Nullarbor mark one of …
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Science Unmasked
We Found the Hidden Force That Created 2 Chains of Underwater Volcanoes Running Side by Side
by Troy OakesLord Howe Island sits about 600 kilometers off the New South Wales coast, a crescent of rainforest and …
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Science Unmasked
Gondwana Really Was a Supercontinent. And It Helped Kick-Start Life on Earth
by Troy OakesSome 550 million years ago, the Earth looked very different from what it does today. The Southern Hemisphere …
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Science Unmasked
New Fossils Show Tasmanian Devils Lived With People in Outback Western Australia 45,000 Years Ago
by Troy OakesTasmanian devils are among Australia’s most distinctive mammals. Stocky, powerful and famously noisy, wild populations are now restricted …
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Technology
‘We Really Do Earnestly Believe AI Could Kill All Humans’: If AI Labs Are So Worried About AI Doom, Why Don’t They Stop?
by Troy OakesResearcher Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic, saying the firm and its competitors are “gambling with our lives.” “We really …
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Technology
OpenAI Claims Another Huge Mathematical Result Amid Fights Over Credit, Ethics, and Privacy
by Troy OakesOpenAI has announced that one of its unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) models has found an answer to one of …
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The federal government has introduced draft digital duty of care legislation, designed to protect Australians from online harms. …