Category: Technology

Plants are among the most intrepid explorers on Earth. Roughly 460 million years ago, the first plants started leaving lakes and rivers and appeared on land. At that time, the surface of Earth was mostly bare rock. These pioneers had to overcome extraordinary challenges as they transitioned from their aquatic lifestyle. The crops we grow […]

Aston Martin is to return to Le Mans in 2025 with the Valkyrie AMR Pro hypercar. Aston Martin is returning to the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans with the prototype Valkyrie AMR Pro racecar hypercar class. Valkyrie set to become the first hypercar, inspired by a road car, to simultaneously compete in both endurance […]

Snakes are familiar, distinctive – and often feared – reptiles. And they’ve been around for a long time: body fossils found in the UK, Portugal and the US stretch all the way back to the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago. Until now, though, there hasn’t been a single description of a surface […]

Flying Joby‘s electric Air Taxi with a pilot on board is a key step toward commercial operations. “Four members of Joby’s flight test team have now piloted flights on board our pre-production prototype aircraft, completing a series of initial tests that include thrustborne hovers and forward transitions to semi-thrustborne flight.” This testing, which took place […]

The 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio for the discovery and development of particles so tiny they were once thought too small to be possible. They are widely used in television screens, LED lights and to guide surgeons removing cancer tumours. Moungi G. Bawendi from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) […]

I am serving my ninth and final year in the Nobel Committee for Physics, which is an absolutely fascinating job – albeit hard. The best bit is hearing the reactions of the shocked laureates when they receive some of the biggest news of their lives over the phone. Sometimes, I also give presentations about how […]

One difference between men and women has been well documented by economists, psychologists and biologists – that women are tend to be more cautious and take fewer risks. Evidence has also been gathered about how this difference affects women’s lives, particularly with regard to careers and earnings. For instance, men are more likely than women […]

U-Boat Worx Super Sub official release is very fast and highly maneuverable, a high-performance sports sub. The U-Boat Worx Super Sub is the most hydrodynamic sub on the market, distinguished by a long tail and advanced wing design. It has the best-in-class propulsion system with four powerful thrusters delivering 60 kW of thrust. When combined […]

Most of the atomic physics division at Lund University were assembled in a spacious room with a big screen to await the announcement of the 2023 Nobel laureates in physics from the Royal Academy of Sciences on October 3. Of course, the Nobel secrecy is perfect, but there was still some expectation in the air. […]

My friend recently changed their favourite celebrity crush from Anna Kendrick to Lily James. While some people could see the attraction, others might not. So, what is it that attracts us to potential mates? A new study suggests that female animals learn from other females to prefer distinctive males as mates. Sexual selection involves the […]