One of my professors at North Dakota State University often used the phrase “don’t fall asleep at the wheel” when discussing technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), and it perfectly ...

IE University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. IE University provides funding as a member of The Conversation EUROPE. Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t just made up of ...

The Trump administration has shut down the IRS "Direct File" program, which was a free tax filing option. Critics of Direct File cited high development costs and low user participation for its closure ...

(NEXSTAR) – In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, that’s no longer an option. IRS Direct File launched as a pilot ...

A digital detox—as in, ridding ourselves of all the gadgets and gizmos that rule our lives—is a very comforting thought. There are endless notifications to keep on top of, countless new apps to master ...

As the days grow shorter and yard décor changes from skeletons and ghosts to signs reading “thankful and blessed” intertwined with evergreen garland and pumpkins, a familiar shift begins. The spirit ...

For many of us, the change of season from summer to autumn arrives without warning. One day we’re walking around with bare arms, sipping iced coffee, and the next we’re digging around in the back of ...

The collapse of talks about a UN plastics treaty is the wake-up call we didn’t need. It’s time to study what is going wrong and why. On 15 August in Geneva, Switzerland, a fifth round of negotiations ...

Scientists have confected a new way to search for dark matter using giant crystals of sucrose, or table sugar – though, so far, they have found only the bittersweet taste of a lack of results. We ...

Steven Lockey's position is funded by the Chair in Trust research partnership between the University of Melbourne and KPMG Australia. Nicole Gillespie receives funding from the Australian Research ...

October 8 - With COP30 fast approaching in Brazil, governments and businesses must recognise that food systems belong at the top of the agenda. Production, processing, transport and waste across the ...