Satellite Archeology is all about perspective. From the outer edges of the planet’s atmosphere, where sky meets space, the view...
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Condom use is critical to decreasing the spread of HIV and STIs on a global scale, yet there have been...
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The next big thing in space is really, really small. The SunCube FemtoSat is a fully functioning spacecraft equipped with a camera, radio,...
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When the man who coined the term 'global warming' describes the scientist trying to reduce carbon dioxide levels as "the most...
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Good news for those with scratched, lost or damaged vocal cords through surgery or disease; a team at the University...
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With Google as an indispensable tool omnipresent in everyday life, it’s easy to feel like we have all the information...
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Virtual reality has had a lot of press of late for its role as a catalyst for empathy. And one...
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More than 100 trillion bacteria live in and around our bodies, with some ‘good guys’ and others 'bad', yet researchers...
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Wouldn't it be amazing if neuroscience helped paralysed people move again? Neural prosthetics are devices that work by offering a...
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If you've seen the film Limitless, you’re already familiar with the concept of nootropics. They are ‘smart drugs’ that provide...
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In the 1980s, sci-fi prophet William Gibson coined the term cyberspace. He also forewarned of brain microchips in the year...
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The idea of zapping your brain may seem unhealthy at best. If you’ve seen the film One Flew Over the...
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What if our brains could directly communicate with each other, no words necessary? In August 2013 researchers at the University...
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Imagine a virtual world overlaid on top of the real one, with full physical interaction between you and the digital...
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An estimated 750 million people worldwide drink and cook with water from a contaminated source every day. Providing cheap, clean drinking water for...
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Silicon Valley talks about ‘moonshots’, the huge, ambitious projects that address the world’s problems such as cancer detection nanotechnology or...
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The future of food production is being altered – and not by a chef, but by ex-Google Maps mastermind Dan...
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Known as the bread of the tropics, cassava is arguably the world’s most important and interesting vegetable when it comes...
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In space and forgotten your spanner? No problem. In November 2014 a 3D printer successfully printed its first object in...
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Protected by armed guards, the last male northern white rhino’s valuable horn has been sawn off as black market rhino...
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Every day, millions of photographs of the same landmarks are captured and posted on social media. As our glaciers are...
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No one has ever been cryogenically frozen, revived, and then cured - yet. However, a team of surgeons in the...
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Buying a car so often feels like an environmentally bad thing to do. The automotive industry’s sins are legion: overproduction,...
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