The Aporia · Ellen Phiddian

Articles

4

2026-09-16 – 2026-10-12

Claims per article

41

163 extracted in total

Hedged claims

21%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

5,098

characters

Writes for ABC News (AU).

Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

Science

75%

Technology

25%

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Tsinghua UniversityAnthropicBIPMChinaFrenchLLMNikonSouthern Cross University

None of these articles has a leaning score yet.

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-12 · ABC News (AU) · Science

World's timekeepers will vote to ditch the 'leap second' this week

2 outlets covered this event

2026-10-07 · ABC News (AU) · Science

New nuclear clocks could become world's most accurate timekeepers

2 outlets covered this event

2026-09-16 · ABC News (AU) · Science

Tiny cells and creatures dazzle in microscopic video competition

2 outlets covered this event

2026-09-27 · ABC News (AU) · Technology

How seriously should we take biological threats from AI?

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-09-16 · ABC News (AU)

Tiny cells and creatures dazzle in microscopic video competition

🔮 You will come across things that probably have not been observed." The full list of winners and honourable mentions are published on the competition's website. assertive

2026-09-27 · ABC News (AU)

How seriously should we take biological threats from AI?

🔮 The AI industry is suddenly rife with existential fears, with senior figures claiming it could "kill us all" within a decade. mixed

2026-10-07 · ABC News (AU)

New nuclear clocks could become world's most accurate timekeepers

🔮 In short: Two teams of scientists have built the first working "nuclear clocks", which could become the world's most accurate timekeepers. mixed

2026-10-12 · ABC News (AU)

World's timekeepers will vote to ditch the 'leap second' this week

🔮 Later this week, delegates will meet near a French palace in Versailles to decide whether to abandon the leap second for good. assertive

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