Can the power of artificial intelligence be harnessed help to predict Australia's weather?

Machine learning from existing weather models is already helping some developing countries with weather forecasts, one researcher saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastKerry Plowright had his feet up and was watching TV one evening late last year when his phone warned of incoming hail."I was stunned when I walked out the door because there was just this roar," he says, describing the sound of hailstones hitting roofs in the New South Wales town of Kingscliff. He had just enough time to move his cars under canvas sails, sparing them from damage. Continue reading...