A large solar thermal electricity plant will soon begin operating near Ouarzazate, Morocco, which will reportedly bring energy to a…
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Just when you thought they couldn’t make Pi’s any smaller… Usually when we’re complaining about the size of pies it’s…
There has been a rapid decline in the costs of solar and wind power, to such an extent that both…
Want to avoid Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers? There’s an extension for that You thought we were going to…
Computers have always been good at doing fast calculations, but adapting to the emotional state of the person using the…
The annual “word of the year” pronouncements were made this month, to the usual fanfare of navel-gazing or disbelief when…
A rocket from space has finally landed vertically – and it didn’t belong to SpaceX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pillaOxGCo Elon Musk’s SpaceX has…
If you’re ever stuck for an ice-breaker at a party, you may as well try asking what everyone’s zombie survival…
“How many golf balls could you fit in a school bus?” This is the kind of question Google and its…
What you really need is to get to your destination by private supersonic jet – like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-unv_z0B4 You’ve…