There are certain problems with solar power technologies that still need some work. We are addressing quite a few bumps on the road to completely sustainable energy though. High costs of solar...
A dinner-time conversation with an outspoken vegan or an evening browsing through Netflix documentaries will tell you that we have a huge meat problem.聽Livestock production imposes a serious burden...
Last month聽during a Norwegian science festival, Stephen Hawking, the famous theoretical physicist and author of A Brief History of Time said this about space travel: 鈥淚t is clear we are entering a...
Have you ever been in a plane that was struck by lightning? It happens to the average plane about once a year. It鈥檚 a terrifying experience to be sure, but the passengers inside are actually...
Reviving聽the dead using stem cells and electrical impulses sounds more like a plot for a Hollywood sci-fi movie than a process grounded in reality.聽And yet, that is exactly what a Philadelphia bio...
The idea that cell phones, routers, wireless heart rate monitors, alarm clocks or pretty much any other electronic device will give you cancer is one of the most persistent fears around. The good...
If you鈥檝e ever spent any time in Ireland, you鈥檒l know that heritage is highly marketable; from the-over-the-top Carroll鈥檚 gift shops, to the bright green tour buses transiting loads of tourists...
The precious noise-cancelling headphones that every seasoned traveller carries in their bags are actually quite an incredible piece of technology. These headphones work by listening via microphone...
Are you ready for purple ketchup? What about purple pizzas? Scientists in Britain have recently developed a new type of genetically modified tomato enriched with anthocyanin, the pigment also found...