Category: General

For many people around the world, Shrove Tuesday – the traditional feast day marking the day before the Christian period of Lent – is now associated almost exclusively with one thing: pancakes. 

Pancakes come in all shapes and sizes and are…

Not all ideas can be hits. Alongside ground-breaking innovations, 21st-century scientists have helmed their share of wild tech flops, dubious theories and overhyped breakthroughs. Here are the biggest to forget.

The metaverse

If you don’t know…

There’s an entire world out there – one rich in valleys, hills, parading elephants, and infinite detail – that can be described in just four words. It may sound fantastical, but not only is this world is very real – it also hides a mystery…

Which generation is the most sensitive? The answer to this question depends on who you ask. US psychologist Dr Jean Twenge has conducted multiple studies comparing the psychological traits of different cohorts and claimed that, compared with…

A normal traction elevator uses a cable to winch a cabin up and down between floors inside a building. There’s a counterweight on the other end of the cable to make moving the cabin easier. You step into the cabin, press a button and are…

The Flow headset looks like a prop from a science-fiction movie. It’s sleek and curvy, with two large circular pads that use electrodes to send a small electrical current into your brain.

Why would you want that to happen? Well, the company that…

Look to the night sky tonight, and you’ll spot a once-in-a-generation planetary alignment. Also called the ‘planet parade’, seven – yes, seven! – of our celestial neighbours are currently lining up in the Solar System.

To be specific,…