Category: Technology

Flyover Mars Labyrinth of Night, one of the most striking areas on the Red Planet, with Mars Express spacecraft. Nestled between the colossal Martian ‘Grand Canyon’ (Valles Marineris) and the tallest volcanoes in the Solar System (the Tharsis region) lies Noctis Labyrinthus – a vast system of deep and steep valleys that stretches out for […]

Quartz, also known as silica, is everywhere. This mineral is in the screen of the laptop or phone you’re reading this article on. It’s used to make computer chips, which are in everything from medical equipment to washing machines. It can be melted to produce glass. Chemically, quartz is silicon dioxide: one silicon atom attached […]

Picture your typical human evolution museum display. You walk into a dimly lit space with glass boxes on white plinths or roped off areas. There are lots and lots of bones. Maybe a bit of history on how those bones were collected, and pictures of the famous people – usually men – who collected them. […]

Frauscher x Porsche eFantom electric speedboat Frauscher x Porsche eFantom electric speedboat based on Macan EV. Porsche and Austrian shipyard Frauscher have taken the first production eFantom boat based on electric Macan power, that will cruise for an hour before needing a charge. The Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air uses components of the Premium […]

Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost Ekleipsis private collection designed to reach the cosmic darkness of a total solar eclipse. The Black Badge Ghost Ékleipsis Private Collection immortalizes the seldom-seen alignment of the Sun and Moon, a total solar eclipse is a magical cosmic phenomenon. The wondrous vision during the darkest moment of a total eclipse, is […]

The devastating tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011 set off a series of events which have long fascinated scientists like me. It was so powerful that it caused 5 million tonnes of debris to wash into the Pacific – 1.5 million tonnes remained afloat and started drifting with the currents. One year later, and […]

The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them. Scientists believe undiscovered chemical compounds could help remove greenhouse gases, or trigger a medical breakthrough much like penicillin did. But let’s just get this out there first: it’s not that chemists aren’t curious. Since […]

If you’ve ever used a dating app, you’ve probably experienced the disappointment of meeting someone who doesn’t look quite like their photos. You may have even been a victim of catfishing, where someone creates a fake identity to deceive or scam others online. But what if someone uses your photos to catfish someone else? Setting […]

Yamaha Motoroid 2 self-balancing bike recognizes its owner, and parks autonomously. This Yamaha Motor experimental model achieves a closer relationship between rider and machine in which they resonate harmoniously with each other. Since unveiling the Motoroid in 2017, the Company has continued its R&D into technologies, designs, and more based on that concept. Motoroid 2 […]

How much can the written records of ancient civilisations tell us about the animals they lived alongside? Our latest research, based on the venomous snakes described in an ancient Egyptian papyrus, suggests more than you might think. A much more diverse range of snakes than we’d imagined lived in the land of the pharaohs – […]