Category: Science
The Digest: Elon Musk’s next mission… and 4 other things people are talking about today
WATCH: The science behind the Ice Bucket Challenge
Human-like skin for aircraft under development
Could windows soon be turned into solar panels?
Help this Kickstarter to build a MASSIVE ROBOT that can JUGGLE CARS
Water may soon be used to charge your phone
iPhone case offers Predator-style heat vision
Remember the classic action film Predator, in which an alien hunter stalked Arnold Schwarzenegger and his team of commandos in the South American jungle using heat vision? Well, from next month you will be able to use your iPhone 5…
How Star Trek predicted the future
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was a visionary man. He foresaw a future in which humanity had learned to live together in peace and harmony. A future in which the people of Earth had joined forces with alien races to…
Star Trek replicator 'close to reality'
They were much-loved scenes in Star Trek: The Next Generation – Enterprise captain Jean-Luc Picard walking up to the replicator and ordering, "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot". The replicator on board the Starship Enterprise (and also seen in the spinoff shows…
Norwegian bacteria provides the key to new super sunscreen
If, like me, you've been cursed with skin so pale that simply stepping outdoors on a sunny day transforms you into a red walking man-lobster within minutes, this latest scientific innovation in the world of sunscreen could be the answer…