Category: Technology

Let’s picture what our societies might look like if animals were granted rights against being killed, made to suffer or exploited for human gain. When activists argue for animal rights, they ask us to imagine a different world. First, we need to understand how our lives are shaped by animals’ lack of rights. The range […]

Visitors to a Ukrainian news website on the evening of February 18 2022, were greeted by a familiar sight, a video of their president giving a speech. While the resemblance was there, the face seemed slightly out of sync with the head of the Ukrainian president. In the video, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the war […]

In the 1970s and 1980s, pine trees growing in various forestry plantations in South Africa’s Western Cape province began to die in patches. These trees succumbed to a mysterious root disease and the patches expanded gradually. Spontaneous regrowth of seedlings in the patches died dramatically. As in many other true crime dramas, the finger was […]

Mazda Iconic SP rotary-EV sports car concept unveiled for the first time at Japan Mobility Show 2023. Mazda Iconic SP is a new type of compact sports car concept, designed to adapt to the new era and respond to the emotions of customers who “love cars” and “desire a car that simply embodies the joy […]

Paradoxal 3D-printed Surfboards are made with upcycled algae and bio-sourced fibers. Paradoxal Surfboards designs and manufactures surfboards using stranded seaweed as a substitute for petroleum-based materials commonly used in traditional surfboard manufacturing worldwide. “We let’s reconsider completely how we produce and distribute our boards, by promoting local manufacturing near surf spots and seaweed sources of […]

Lunar eclipse coming this weekend. Watch the partial Hunter’s Moon eclipse, live. This lunar eclipse is visible from Europe, Africa, Asia, parts of Australia, and a small area of North and South America. An eclipse occurs when one heavenly body such as a moon or planet moves into the shadow of another heavenly body. Let’s […]

Our Sun is a steady and everlasting companion. Reliable like a clock, its apparent passage across the sky allows us to measure time. The Sun and its path is also the source of Earth’s seasons. But in many respects, our Sun is far from calm and unchanging. Close up, the Sun shows extensive variation and […]

Seaweed isn’t something that generally features today in European recipe books, even though it is widely eaten in Asia. But our team has discovered molecular evidence that shows this wasn’t always the case. People in Europe ate seaweed and freshwater aquatic plants from the Stone Age right up until the Middle Ages before it disappeared […]

Bed bugs have recently exploded into the limelight amid widespread reports of a major outbreak in Paris. The more people share photos of bed bug bites on social media, the more concerned we feel. That’s understandable, but the really worrying thing is the missing information – there is still no publicly available data about the […]

It might seem astounding that a wild animal could survive a limb amputation and still thrive in the wild but videos from social media and research show this may be more common than people realise. Many wild animals not only survive the health risks of amputation, but go on to learn how to adapt to […]