Category: Technology

As we continue through 2023, the iPhone has become an essential part of our lives, serving as a communication device, a camera, a music player, and more. However, even with the advancements in battery technology, the need for a reliable and efficient iPhone charger remains paramount. With so many options on the market, it can […]

Pre-colonial African history is alive with tales of civilisations rising and falling and of different cultures intermingling across the continent. We have now shed more light on some of these societies using the science of genetics. In a study published in Science Advances, my co-authors and I used DNA information from people from the present-day […]

The UK’s space sector has shown a remarkable dynamism in the past few years. According to the latest official figures, the sector’s revenue grew about 5.1% in 2021, outpacing the global space industry. This is even more impressive considering the UK’s economy declined over the same period. And there is more to it than just […]

ST. LOUIS and AUSTIN, Texas — Emerson and National Instruments announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Emerson will acquire NI for $60 per share in cash at an equity value of $8.2 billion. Emerson already owns approximately 2.3 million shares of NI, representing approximately 2% of shares outstanding, which were […]

Human evolution is tightly connected to the environment and landscape of Africa, where our ancestors first emerged. According to the traditional scientific narrative, Africa was once a verdant idyll of vast forests stretching from coast to coast. In these lush habitats, around 21 million years ago, the earliest ancestors of apes and humans first evolved […]

“We didn’t wake up in the craze of sustainability, and said jeez, we need to get on the bandwagon.”  When Schneider Electric, the French multinational best known for its electric switchboards, announced this week it was launching software to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) decarbonize, its president of sustainable business, Steve Wilhite, wanted me […]

If all goes to plan, sometime in November 2024, NASA’s newly announced Artemis II crew – Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen – will cram themselves into their Orion space capsule and begin their final checks for launch. As they sit perched atop the gargantuan Space Launch System (SLS) rocket […]

On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – or JUICE – will spend at least three years on Jupiter’s moons after it arrives in 2031. In October 2024, NASA is also planning to launch a robotic spacecraft […]

Children love to spin. Whether it is by whirling around on their feet, whipping around on a tyre swing, or tumbling down a grassy hill, they revel in the drunken effects of dizziness that follow. As humans mature, they might outgrow spinning on the playground, but find other ways to alter their senses – dancing, […]

Ninety Percent of advertisers think affiliate programs are essential to their marketing strategy, and marketers extensively use affiliate marketing to promote their brands and products. However, though affiliate marketing is a huge and growing industry, not everyone succeeds. There are some affiliate marketers playing in billions while some others struggle to earn even pennies from […]