The Crew Dragon spacecraft, produced by private company SpaceX, is scheduled to return from the International Space Station (ISS) and splash…
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If a surgeon arrived at the operating theatre wearing a mask they had made that morning from a tea towel,…
This year, NASA is taking the next giant leap in the search for signs of life beyond Earth. On July…
Elite sports events are still largely closed to the world – but July 2020 has still been an unprecedented month…
Drones of all sizes are being used by environmental advocates to monitor deforestation, by conservationists to track poachers, and by…
It’s broadly accepted that there’s a close relationship between development and access to information. One of the first economists to…
We have developed four-winged bird-like robots, called ornithopters, that can take off and fly with the agility of swifts, hummingbirds and…
In countries like South Africa that face severe resource shortages, the burden of fighting COVID-19 falls heavily on citizens to…
Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have seen a surge in enrollments since March. Enrollment at Coursera – an online…
Do-it-yourself (DIY) and at-home labs gained popularity through movies and TV shows like Breaking Bad. DIY labs are increasingly influential and…