Contact lenses are the result of an accidental discovery made during the Second World War. Ophthalmologist Harold Ridley noticed that…
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The EU looks set to ban some of the most concerning forms of artificial intelligence (AI), such as the “social…
Science is about big ideas that change the world. But sometimes, big impacts come from the tiniest of objects. Nanotechnology…
Aristotle called humans “the social animal,” and people have recognized for centuries that young people need to be in communities…
History has been made on Mars: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter just achieved the first powered and controlled flight on another planet. Ingenuity…
The recent crash of a Tesla car in the United States, in which two people died, has reignited debate about the capabilities…
Feeling exhausted at the end of a long day of video-conferencing? Do your back, shoulders and mind ache after a…
Imagine that you are flying a model helicopter or a drone. You are there with the auto controls. You switch…
Social media apps are useful sources of information. They help us catch up with the activities of friends, news, current…
With the proliferation of female robots such as Sophia and the popularity of female virtual assistants such as Siri (Apple), Alexa (Amazon)…