Category: Technology

Anna.zabella/Shutterstock Please can I ask how old is fire on earth, not tamed by people but since when has there been fire and flames on the planet. Samuel, 5, London You ask a very interesting question. For many years, scientists assumed that fire and humans were so connected that few of them gave any thought […]

Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body’s health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules that are present, such as cholesterols, lipids and proteins. This is called a metabolic profile. For more specific information, another kind of […]

Iran’s current wave of protests is often interpreted as having been sparked by inflation, currency collapse, corruption and repression. These explanations are not wrong, but they are incomplete. Beneath the country’s political and economic crisis lies a more destabilising force that is still largely missing from international analysis: environmental breakdown. Iran is experiencing not one […]

The solar corona viewed by Proba-3, a European Space Agency-led mission. ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS/WOW algorithm, CC BY-NC-SA When a solar storm strikes Earth, it can disrupt technology that’s vital for our daily lives. Solar storms occur when magnetic fields and electrically charged particles collide with the Earth’s magnetic field. This type of event falls into the category […]

On the arm of Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka is tattooed a quote by Samuel Beckett: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” This excerpt from novella Worstward Ho seems motivational and suggests that perseverance is needed for success. However, the word failure carries a weight with it, especially if […]

As 5G antennas multiply across Europe, bringing faster downloads, better connectivity and more reliable streaming, public concern about potential health impacts has grown as well. To address these concerns, EU-funded researchers are investigating what everyday exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from 5G actually looks like – and what it means for our health. Their […]

Inna photographer/Shutterstock Humans have long believed horses can “smell fear”. Nervous riders are often told to “relax, or the horse will feel it”. Until recently, though, there was little scientific evidence to show whether this was anything more than folklore. A new study has found that this belief is no myth. Its results show that […]

KYIV / LYON — International law enforcement agencies have delivered a major blow to the Black Basta ransomware syndicate, a “transnational hacker group” responsible for over 600 high-profile cyberattacks and hundreds of millions in extorted cryptocurrency. Following coordinated raids in Western Ukraine on January 15, 2026, authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for the […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us with an immersive world where we could seamlessly combine digital and physical information. The parent company, renamed Meta along the way, had begun introducing headsets and reimagining everyday computing with its Project Orion augmented-reality […]

The red-nosed cuxiu is endangered. Cavan-Images/Shutterstock Look down at the rainforest floor. Rotting flowers shift under the assault of tiny petal-eating beetles. Vividly coloured fungi pop up everywhere like the strange sculptures of a madly productive ceramicist. Look in front of you and heliconias and calatheas, tropical plants familiar from garden centres and greenhouses, vie […]