Very Interesting
Conquering The Underground Everest
The Dark Star cave system in a remote corner of Uzbekistan might one day be crowned the ‘world’s deepest cave’. Hidden inside the subterranean labyrinth lie geological time capsules that hold the secret to Earth’s past and future climate…
7 min |
September/October 2021
Popular Mechanics South Africa
Could A Cosmic Lasso Divert Extinction-Level Asteroids?
IN 2013, A METEOR EXPLODED 22.5 KM (14 MILES) above Chelyabinsk, Russia, knocking out windows across 500 km2 and injuring more than 1 600 people. It was a wake-up call for astronomers to help defend Earth from more potentially hazardous asteroids.
4 min |
Popular Mechanics September/October 20 21
Popular Mechanics South Africa
‘Mad Mike' Hughes Rejected Science And Chased Fame. It Killed Him.
The Mojave Desert had cast its spell over ‘Mad Mike’ Hughes the night he thought to fly to the edge of space.
10+ min |
Popular Mechanics September/October 20 21
Very Interesting
Know Your Heart Rate
With a few simple calculations, you can easily figure out how healthy your heart is
2 min |
July/August 2021
Very Interesting
The Truth Is Out There
Bellingcat’s founder Eliot Higgins talks about why people need an intelligence agency, how internet investigations work and how we can fight misinformation
6 min |
July/August 2021
Very Interesting
Privacy: Can We Protect Future Generations?
In 1989, while tinkering with a system to share scientific notes, a 34-year-old CERN scientist named Tim Berners-Lee invented something that would change everything.
5 min |
July/August 2021
Very Interesting
How Does Memory Work?
Some things seem to stick while others don’t – what’s happening?
4 min |
July/August 2021
Very Interesting
Has Our Behaviour Changed During The Course Of The Pandemic?
There’s no doubt that the introduction of new rules and regulations has had an impact on our actions over the past year. But what are the factors at play when it comes to getting the public to protect each other?
5 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
On The Origin Of Us
Palaeoproteomics, a new technology that studies the proteins of ancient remains, is shaking up history. Not only can we now peer further back in time, but the technique is also letting us see our past in a new way…
8 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of Cheese
When milk and microbes come together, there’s no doubt something wonderful happens. We asked a food scientist how a choreography of chemistry, biology and psychology make cheese the ultimate food
5 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
Endangered Elephants Tracked From Space By Artificial Intelligence
The world-first study opens the door to more effective methods of monitoring the movements of endangered species
2 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
It's A Slug's Game
Sea slugs sport some of nature’s most unreal adaptations, including solar-powered skin and disposable penises. Welcome to their weird world…
4 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
Beat The Burnout
How science can help you get the better of pandemic fatigue
10 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
Why Is There A Hurricane Season?
What causes hurricanes?
3 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
Diners Enjoy World's First Restaurant Meal Made From Lab-Grown Meat
Singapore-based restaurant served up real chicken that didn’t require the slaughter of any animals, paving the way for new ideas about how we eat meat
2 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
Inside The World's First Airport For Drones And Flying Cars
Plans to build the world’s first off-grid transport hub for drones and air taxis have just received government funding in the UK. The Urban AirPort, located in Coventry, will offer flying electric vehicles a place to charge and load up. The project aims to lay the groundwork for a web of transport hubs that could provide a green, clean remedy to cities’ groaning infrastructure…
5 min |
May/June 2021
Very Interesting
The Coronavirus Vaccine: Is It Safe?
Alongside wild conspiracy theories, many people have raised doubts over approved COVID-19 vaccines. Is their dose of scepticism well-founded?
5 min |
May/June 2021
Global Aviator
NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Lands Safely On Red Planet
The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars. Packed with groundbreaking technology, the Mars 2020 mission launched 30 July 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Perseverance rover mission marks an ambitious first step in the effort to collect Mars samples and return them to Earth.
3 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
The Orion Spacecraft Is Ready For Its Moon Mission
On 14 January the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission was officially transferred to the space agency’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team responsible for processing Orion for its launch later this year.
3 min |
February 2021
Very Interesting
THE SEE-THROUGH ZOO
Welcome to a menagerie of transparency
4 min |
January /February 2021
Very Interesting
NEW WORLD ORDER
In 1993, the internet was brought to the masses, changing the online world forever. Now, COVID-19 will transform our virtual lives again
2 min |
January /February 2021
Very Interesting
MIT RESEARCHERS CREATE WEARABLE DEVICE THAT CAN INFLUENCE THE CONTENT OF DREAMS
The technology, created by biomedical engineers Adam Haar Horowitz and Tomás Vega, could be used for further experiments into how dreams impact emotion, creativity, and memory
5 min |
January /February 2021
Very Interesting
HINDSIGHT IS 2020
It was an annus horribilis for almost everybody last year, but there were some bright spots. Here are 10 events it’d be lovely to leave behind for good, and 10 that might give us hope for the future…
6 min |
January /February 2021
Very Interesting
How To Sit
Stiff as a board, or slouched like a sloth? Pull up a chair and take the weight off your feet, as back pain researcher Dr Kieran O’Sullivan explains
3 min |
January /February 2021
Very Interesting
Face Masks: Are They Changing How We Behave?
Wearing face masks could affect how we communicate
3 min |
January /February 2021
Very Interesting
EYES ON THE SKY
Earth-bound telescopes are transforming our understanding of the universe. But we think they look pretty out-of-this-world too…
4 min |
November/December 2020
Very Interesting
A learning curve
There’s nothing like a nationwide school closure to help you recognise the valuable work that teachers do, every single day
2 min |
November/December 2020
Very Interesting
An Ocean Of Mysteries
Earth’s biggest habitat is also the one that we know the least about. Now, a new wave of innovators are engineering the technology that will help us find out more. Here’s what they are discovering…
10 min |
November/December 2020
Very Interesting
Covid-19 Could Cause Delirium, Brain Inflammation And Stroke
A study carried out on a small number of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients at England’s National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery has linked the coronavirus to a number of neurological conditions
4 min |
November/December 2020
Very Interesting
Could Antibodies Found In Llamas Help US To Defeat Covid-19?
Researchers at the McLellan Lab in Austin, Texas, are using llama antibodies to attack ‘spike proteins’ found on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
4 min |