What will we get out of the AI boom? The data suggests lots of noisy, energy-hungry datacentres and not much else

Booms in investment usually lead to economic growth. But this one looks unlikely to translate into better living standards for Australians Get our breaking news email, free app or daily…

Broadcast Emmy Woes, Lots of Martin Short, Bad Bunny and Other Trivia From 2026’s Nominations

It’s been a long time since the broadcast networks ruled at the Emmys, but this year’s nominations are a reminder of how little they now factor into the race. Among…

Democratic socialists have lots of ideas, but how are we supposed to pay for them?

As a Certified Financial Planner, I’ve spent more than three decades asking people one simple question before they make a major financial decision. “How are you going to pay for…

A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent five years traversing Jezero Crater looking for the chemical leftovers of whatever processes were at work on Mars billions of years ago. The rover has…