Category: Technology

As we grieve the loss of a pet, we may not be the only ones feeling the pain. Research is showing that cats who are left behind when another animal in their home dies could be mourning along with us. Grief is a well-documented human response to loss – but its roots may be far […]

The African rail (Rallus caerulescens) is a handsome bird, with a blueish breast, red legs, eyes and bill, prominent barring on the flanks, chestnut upper parts, and long toes. It also has a characteristic trilling call. This wetland dweller is only found in sub-Saharan Africa, with a concentration in South Africa’s Western Cape province. The […]

Let’s say you are a co-founder of a thriving Israeli start-up, employing 1,200 people. A global tech giant whose stock is worth $2 trillion (four times Israel’s GDP) offers to acquire you. It agrees to pay a substantial premium above your existing market value – $23 billion, a record, unprecedented price tag for an Israeli […]

Elon Musk recently announced that he was relocating the companies SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) from their current headquarters in California to Texas. The news has placed a spotlight on the rise in big tech shifting its operations to the Lone Star state, with Austin emerging as a main hub. Known as the “Silicon Hills” […]

I get twitchy about taking holidays at the end of August, because it’s the only time of year when people (and the media) in the UK seem to want to talk about wasps and I have spent my career trying to change people’s minds about these fascinating insects. Typically, the UK wasp hysteria season peaks […]

Cloud computing has emerged as a crucial element in today’s technology, serving as the backbone for global connectivity. It empowers businesses, governments, and individuals to employ and construct cloud-based services and forms the foundation for a huge range of systems we use every day including telecommunications, transportation, healthcare, banking, and even streaming services. Such systems, […]

In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising up by a kilometre or more. Taken aback by the dramatic scenery, I was struck by a question: how on Earth did it form? The outer shell of our planet […]

Search and rescue for missing persons is always challenging for the specialist recovery teams involved, regardless of the environment they’re working in. But the teams looking for the missing aboard the Bayesian yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily leaving several people dead, have faced particularly challenging conditions. Even though the boat lies in […]