Our brains predict the world – but learn most when they get it wrong

We act fast on the basis of our predictions but learn most when we get it wrong, according to a new brain-scan study.

Transport cost help for cash-strapped state residents

There's something for everyone in the NSW Labor government's 2026/27 budget transport affordability package, worth more than $550 million.

Australia’s most populous state on track for surplus

The state that 30 per cent of Australians call home remains on track for a surplus in 2027/28 despite a hit to a key revenue…

Jeff Bezos said human water consumption was limiting AI’s potential. Except he didn’t.

Even though it was quickly corrected, a false, likely AI-hallucinated quote from Jeff Bezos about human water consumption spread quickly across the internet. The post…

KPMG chairman, partners to exit scandal-tainted firm

Two KPGM audit partners who allegedly accessed confidential information are leaving the accounting firm, along with its national chairman.

Shares mixed as fading oil price fails to boost miners

Australian miners are on track for a fourth session of losses as commodity prices continue to weigh and major banks find their feet.

The Snoop: Labor MP’s ‘violent’ on-field incident, Hanson speech omissions in The Nightly, and more

Plus: What are the odds that your gift to a senior defence official is properly recorded? A coin flip! The post The Snoop: Labor MP’s…

The man who wasn’t there

Keir Starmer's time as UK prime minister gives the impression of a man who was never the main character of his own story. The post…

Qantas has made a song and dance about its new ultra-long-haul planes. Pilots have concerns

Project Sunrise — aka Alan Joyce's vanity project of a nonstop flight from Sydney to London — has been repeatedly delayed. It's now around the…

‘Kidfluencers’ are everywhere on social media. Should Australia consider the Netherlands’ proposed ban?

The so-called ‘kidfluencer’ economy is huge and growing. Australia should consider regulating it more tightly.

Court filings: Unsafe homes and a child death still dog Texas’ foster care system amid improvement

The reports note that in recent years, the troubled child welfare system improved caseworker training and caseloads, but unsafe conditions for children persisted.

Trump DOJ Openly Defies Kennedy Center Order

Popok reports on Congresswoman Joyce Beatty’s new filing to Federal Judge Cooper decrying that Trump’s captured “Trump Kennedy Center” Board of Trustees likely lied to…

First Look: Denver continues to raise the bar on Mexican cuisine with El Tule

“In Mexico, I feel like a lot of places are more high-end and the customer service is way better, so people from there have really…

The Double Standard: Tomatoes vs. Trump’s Wrecking Ball

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Hobbs signs final batch of bills for the 2026 session

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed 51 pieces of legislation on Monday, the last of the bills that the state legislature sent to her before it…

History shows quarantine can be a blip – or mark some people forever

Hantavirus cruise ship passengers have left Perth quarantine. But how might quarantine affect them? History has some answers.

COVID, flu and RSV: who should be thinking about vaccination in NZ this winter?

Well after the COVID pandemic, NZ’s respiratory virus landscape remains unsettled. if you’re over 65, COVID and flu vaccines remain a priority.

Australia could shift the narrative Israel tries to control, but we won’t

It is admirable that the AFP is investigating allegations of rapes, beatings and other abuses inflicted on Australians from the Gaza flotilla. But don't expect…

Judge blocks feds from using immigration database to check voter eligibility

A federal judge cited Texas’ use of the SAVE database, which flagged several voters who were actually citizens, and said the checks violated privacy and…