Russia is building ground-based kamikaze robots out of old hoverboards
[ad_1] Hoverboards, or self-balancing scooters, are already used by hobbyists as a basis for robots, but now a group in Russia is putting them to
The Long History of the Future review: Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch
[ad_1] Flying cars have long been part of our imagined future – but that is where they may remain Shutterstock/Design Projects The Long History of the FutureNicole Kobie
Astronauts could drink their own urine with water-recycling spacesuit
[ad_1] Part of the urine collection system Luca Bielski Astronauts on spacewalks may soon be able to drink their own urine, thanks to a water
What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts
[ad_1] Solar power station Yaorusheng/Getty Images Things are just a wee bit unstable right now – environmentally and politically – so I decided to call
‘Unprecedented and inconceivable’: pylon falls over after nuts removed
[ad_1] Nut deficiency What would happen if you removed most of the nuts from the bolts on three of the four sides of a tall
You can turn any random sequence of events into a clock
[ad_1] Not all clocks look like a pocket watch Oleksandr Perepelytsia / Alamy Any random sequence of events, such as the lapping of ocean waves
Woolly mammoth DNA exceptionally preserved in freeze-dried ‘jerky’
[ad_1] The legs of a 39,000-year-old woolly mammoth Love Dalén/Stockholm University A woolly mammoth that died 52,000 years ago is so well preserved that it
Melting sea ice is hindering, not helping, Canadian Arctic shipping
[ad_1] Broken sea ice in Lancaster Sound, part of the Northwest Passage Alison Cook Shipping companies have anticipated that melting sea ice will open a
Laser helps turn an electron into a coil of mass and charge
[ad_1] A special laser (red) can spiralise electrons (blue) Dr. Yiqi Fang, University of Konstanz An electron has been turned into a spiralling wave of
Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal
[ad_1] If you haven’t experienced a significant loss in your life, then you are one of the lucky ones. If you have – be it