Editing memories, spying on our bodies, normalising weird goggles: Apple’s new Vision Pro has big ambitions

AppleApple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” –…

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Who we care about is limited – but our research shows how humans can expand their ‘moral circle’

Bignai/ShutterstockA cost-of-living crisis, the ongoing impact of COVID, climate change, and numerous global conflicts and refugee crises. When it feels like so many people are doing it tough, how do…

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Banksias are iconic Australian plants, but their ancestors actually came from North Africa

Sandie Peters/UnsplashFew plants conjure up the Australian bush better than banksias, whose beautiful flowers are irresistible to honeyeater birds, small marsupials and nature lovers. But our research, published in Perspectives…

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