The security breach occurred during Thursday night’s clash between the Pies and the Blues.

‘This was always bound to happen’:How security failed to find guns at the MCG

The company behind the AI-powered weapons detection system at the MCG reached a legal settlement with US regulators in 2024 after they alleged the company made false claims.

  • Liam Mannix,Sherryn Groch andJon Pierik

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James was diagnosed with ADHD after emerging from lockdown in the pandemic - part of a growing cohort diagnosed post-pandemic

How the pandemic prompted a surge in adult ADHD diagnoses

Everything changed in 2020. Millions of Australians found themselves stuck inside – just as an ecosystem of ADHD content creators was flourishing on social media.

  • Liam Mannix
Did the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation really invent Wi-Fi?

Who really ‘invented Wi-Fi’,and the problem of Australian science innovation

The story of how CSIRO came to lay claim to inventing Wi-Fi deserves scrutiny as the Trump administration threatens to withdraw scientific funding.

  • Liam Mannix
Former ANU vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt.

‘Sugar-daddy’ Trump comes for CSIRO on scientific research funding

The Trump administration is demanding Australian government researchers answer a diversity,gender and climate survey to guarantee funding as experts warn we’ve become overly reliant on the United States.

  • Liam Mannix andHannah Kennelly
Gilmour Space’s rocket stands on its launchpad.

Failure to launch:The huge rocket ‘stuck’ in a small Australian town

As tens of millions of people around the world watched two US astronauts safely return to earth,a key player in Australia’s burgeoning space industry sat on the launch pad.

  • Liam Mannix
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

As it happened:Dutton mulls referendum pledge on deporting criminal dual nationals;Israel conducts strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza

Keep up to date on today’s top stories with the national news blog.

  • Josefine Ganko andLiam Mannix
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Andy Bossie with a bag full of seeded shells.

How restaurant leftovers are playing a role in audacious bid to bring life back to Port Phillip Bay

Donated from Melbourne’s fanciest dining establishments,thousands of shells are now blanketing Port Phillip Bay’s most denuded areas.

  • Liam Mannix
Lauren Ash. After stopping semaglutide “everything just came back to the way it was. I got hungry again,” she said.

‘I got hungry again’:What happens when you get off Ozempic?

Some people shed the kilos on semaglutide but regain all the lost weight when they get off the drug. Researchers are working on changing that.

  • Liam Mannix
Steve Cook is a former animal-welfare officer dealing with burnout from a non-stop,stressful job... but now he says he’s found peace in leaving work behind,being relaxed,finding other things to do with his life.

Feeling exhausted,cynical,inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Burnout has emerged as the modern condition,but scientists are deeply divided. Where some see a crisis,others see “a fashionable diagnosis” or “psychobabble”.

  • Liam Mannix
An artist’s depiction of Victoria 120 million years ago. On the left is a Carcharodontosaur,in the centre a Unenlagiinae and right is a Megaraptor.

New fossil finding upends Victoria’s dino ecosystem

A new discovery by a team of volunteers and scientists has unearthed tantalising evidence of a large predatory dinosaur,never before seen in Australia,suggesting our dinosaur ecosystem was “upside down”.

  • Liam Mannix