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AI data centres are contentious for consuming large resources. But with the right incentives and regulation, can they make for more flexible electricity systems?

⏱️REMINDER: This ME/CFS research call is currently open to applications. It has a budget of € 120,000-180,000 per project, provided by the WE&ME Foundation. The first stage only requires a short proposals (ca. 4 pages). The deadline is 25 August.

University of Iowa, 4 to 5 mice per time point showed brain microglia stayed inflamed for 100 days after SARS-CoV-2, despite no productive brain infection. Mitochondrial genes fell, suggesting stressed immune cells may sustain neuroPASC. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

From the abstract: “promoting a woman to Associate Professor increases female faculty by 1.5 members after 15 years, leads to six additional female PhD graduates over the following decade, and raises the number who subsequently remain in academia and reach tenured positions”

After laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones" www.eurogamer.net/ea-boss-38-m...

That's about 5x more than the UK with half the population.

More than 700 MW of rooftop solar was added to Australia’s main grid in the past three months, helping drive wholesale electricity prices in the country’s National Electricity Market to their lowest June quarter average since 2020. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/28/r...

What? Name suppression?! Cos he's a 'well-connected' (wtaf does that even mean?!) & therefore priveleged (why tf does that even matter?!), big shot businessman? If he's guilty, why does he have any rights at all to suppress his name?

For once I agree with Senator Canavan. He knows that renewable energy means cheaper electricity - so why are the Coalition doing everything they can to block them?

“Australia is being transformed from an independent nation into a junior partner – a vassal state without voting rights. This is not a deepening of alliance. This is a strategic surrender.” theaimn.net/the-quiet-su...

Why are we even talking about nuclear as an option for Australia? Because it's a great political distraction. In the latest episode of "What's the Point?" co-CEO Richard Denniss wades into the nuclear debate and sheds light on why we're even discussing it. #auspol

British actor, comedian and broadcaster Bill Oddie, best known to Australian audiences as a member of the 1970s comedy trio The Goodies, has died aged 85.

Aboriginal rangers have wiped invasive fire ants off an Australian island. After 22 years, the Tiwi Rangers have eradicated tropical fire ants from Melville Island, hunting and baiting nests one by one. The ants had been eating turtle hatchlings and nesting birds. buff.ly/MYFv9ok #ShareGoodNewsToo

Having read both of your replies, I definitely agree that you both need to spend more time outside. It's far easier for someone of your socioeconomic class to find an activity with a diverse group than for one of us to suddenly have access to a $100k/year tennis club.

We won