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Australia’s social media ban for under 16s aims to protect young people from online threats, but it may also limit their knowledge about democracy and political systems.

Small patches of forests in schools initiate discussion and leaning across biology and ecology. Students develop a sense of ownership and community awareness with improved mental health. A Perth-based initiative is spreading far and wide.

The massive foundations that support offshore wind turbines can be an oasis for marine life in an otherwise submarine desert, according to work done at Murdoch University in Australia and Dalian Ocean University in China.

John Juriansz describes what is revealed from the largest creative writing competition for young people in Australia.

AI seems to be absolutely everywhere at the moment. While we're still waiting for the productivity revolution — or the jobs apocalypse — the energy costs of AI are already staggering.
So how should we think about those environmental impacts of AI? And what can we learn from previous turns of the great technological wheel?
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Featuring: 
Dr Niraj Lal, renewables expert at the Australian National University 
Extra information: 
Data centres are vital for the future and AI but their environmental footprint can be a problem
This episode of Lab Notes was produced on the lands of the Gadigal and Menang Noongar people.