Ocean warming now at the rate of five Hiroshima bombs of heat, every second
An exercise in number-crunching revealed a devastating statistic about the atomic scale of ocean warming that we still can’t quite get our head around.
This stellar engine could theoretically move Earth’s entire solar system
A scientist has come up with a design for an engine to save Earth from cosmic disaster by driving the sun through space.
Could this be a working time machine?
A Connecticut professor has designs for a machine that, while maybe not taking him to King Arthur’s court, could travel back in time.
NASA announces payload for next Moon trip
Before man takes a small step on the moon again, NASA are sending a 2021 test flight and here are a few of the goodies it will have on board.
How to make a pandemic – from virus to crisis
As Coronavirus continues to spread, we explore what factors make a simple virus into an epidemic.
A 1957 Plymouth Belvedere was buried in Oklahoma for fifty years as a time capsule
Miss Belvedere was a beloved Tulsa institution. Sadly, the grand unveiling was not entirely successful.
Lobsters grow larger, stronger and more fertile as they age
Lobsters do have a long, interesting lifespan.
The hidden truths behind ‘Dark Waters’ movie
The dirty secrets of US chemical companies have deep roots which spread very wide.
Soldiers fighting in WWI arranged a temporary ceasefire on Christmas
World War I was a famously long and arduous conflict. The soldiers involved made a little piece of history in December 1914.
Google pays 50% of a deceased employee’s salary to a spouse for ten years
A career at Google doesn’t just offer a job for life – the perks last even longer than that.
Containment fears for coronavirus – what should the world do?
Public officials, medical staff, scientists and government all turn their attention to the matter of most immediate importance: containment.