Marc Fennell

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Lucia Stein |Marc Fennell |Taryn Priadko

By Lucia Stein, Marc Fennell and Taryn Priadko for No One Saw It Coming, ABCEarly on the morning of 21 August, 1911, a brazen thief dressed as a museum employee entered the Louvre in Paris without raising an alarm. The building was only open to staff when the Italian man entered the famous Salon Carré, scanned the wall of priceless artworks and walked up to a portrait of a smiling woman.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson

These days people line up for hours to see Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. But at one stage there were so few viewers that she was remarkably easy to steal. In fact, for a while, no one even noticed she was gone... This is the story of the sensational crime that turned a portrait into a legend. Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]

Dec 4, 2024 | abc.net.au | Marc Fennell

Can you save a country… by recreating it in virtual reality? Tuvalu is responding to climate change by cataloguing everything from the trees to the houses in Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse. But is it enough to save a culture headed underwater? And, OpenAI – famously ethical creator of services like ChatGPT – has decided to teach AI right from wrong. Plus, robots have entered the operating room, with the world’s first lung transplant fully performed by a robot.

Nov 20, 2024 | abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Bec Cushway

Good news travels fast, and bad news travels faster. But what happens when the news is just plain untrue? This week on Download This Show, we’re debunking the misinformation about the new proposed misinformation bill. And, could Bluesky be the Twitter replacement that finally lets us stop talking about Elon Musk? Plus, did your parents ever tell you that you’d end up flipping burgers if you didn’t do well in school? Well, even that dream job could soon be taken by robots.

Nov 13, 2024 | abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Bec Cushway

Russian bots, 20 million missing votes, and a secret Joe Biden body double. The conspiracy theories that shaped the U.S. election ranged from elaborate exaggeration to downright fantasy. But how much impact did they actually have on the election outcome? Plus -- plus you heard of Truth Social? Donald Trump’s very own ‘alt-tech’ social media platform might be merging with the platform-formerly-known-as-Twitter.