Issue 45: 11-17 March

Next Big Thing

Learning about Australia’s largest bird of prey
By James Pay

Symbol of Australia’s wild skies, the mighty wedge-tailed eagle is under threat, particularly the Tasmanian sub-species found only in the island state. There’s much still to understand about the birds’ behaviour; learning more about their territory and flight patterns could help save them.
Open-source intelligence: as smart as it seems?
By Jamie Seidel

Used for collective good, such as during the current Ukraine war, open-source intelligence has proved a boon. Inevitably, there’s a dark side.

Living Simulations
By Mark Pesce

Intriguing questions arise when life can be written in code. Here’s the thing: it just has.
Hotter and hotter: what does it take to make an IPCC report during COVID?
By Kathryn Bowen

Assembling the IPCC’s mammoth climate change reports is challenging at the best of times. Doing it during the pandemic was much harder.

Best of the Rest