In Australia’s arid and semi-arid zones live highly elusive predators known as kultarrs. They are small but fierce …
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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Animals
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Science & Tech
‘High Agency’: What the Science Says About the Latest Tech Buzzword
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn 218 B.C., the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossed the Alps against the advice of his men, who claimed …
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Technology
AI Deepfakes Threaten Democracy and People’s Identities. ‘Personality Rights’ Could Help
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesHow much is your voice worth? It could be as little as roughly A$100. That was how much …
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Technology
Microsoft Cuts Data Centre Plans and Hikes Prices in Push To Make Users Carry AI Costs
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAfter a year of shoehorning generative AI into its flagship products, Microsoft is trying to recoup the costs …
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Technology
DeepSeek Is Now a Global Force. But It’s Just One Player in China’s Booming AI Industry
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen small Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek released a family of extremely efficient and highly competitive AI …
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Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully …
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Science
Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Was Just Found in Australia — Exactly Where Geologists Hoped It Would Be
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWe have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region …
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Science
‘Ghosts of the Radio Universe’: Astronomers Have Discovered a Slew of Faint Circular Objects
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesRadio astronomers see what the naked eye can’t. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio …
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Science
‘Brain Vitrification’: New Research Shows How the Vesuvius Eruption Turned a Man’s Brain to Glass
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome by a …
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Technology
A Quantum Computing Startup Says It Is Already Making Millions of Light-Powered Chips
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAmerican quantum computing startup PsiQuantum announced that it has cracked a significant puzzle on the road to making …