Science
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A hole-filled battery could make wearables more breathable than cotton
A battery pouch with rectangular holes Liangbing Hu/Teng Li A stretchy and flexible battery pouch filled with strategically placed holes…
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Here review: New Tom Hanks film fails to wow despite the cutting-edge tech
Tom Hanks (Richard) and Robin Wright (Margaret) are young again thanks to de-ageing technology Landmark Media/Alamy HereRobert ZemeckisOn release in…
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Electric cars now last as long as petrol and diesel counterparts
A charging station for electric vehicles in Cornwall, UK Matt Cardy/Getty Images Electric vehicles (EVs) now last as long as…
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What forensic psychology and evolutionary biology tell us about how to win The Traitors
Claudia Winkleman, host of The Traitors BBC / Studio Lambert Hoods up, torches lit, knives sharpened: viewers across the UK…
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Trump-backed Stargate Project could strain the US energy grid
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the White House in Washington DC on 21 January 2025 AARON SCHWARTZ/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock This week,…
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An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself
The orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus thrives in cool, dark forests IKEDA Tetsuro A species of fungus-eating orchid has an ingenious self-pollinating…
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Giant sloths lived alongside humans in South America for millennia
In the Pleistocene Epoch, South America was home to now-extinct animals, including the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon, the giant ground sloth…
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Dinosaurs may have first evolved in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest
Life would have been particularly hot and dry if dinosaurs really did emerge near the equator Mark Witton/The Trustees of…
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Why giving Jurassic Park’s velociraptors feathers is a good thing
Jurassic Feathered Park The wheel of time turns, the cycle repeats and another Jurassic Park movie is coming out this…
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The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know
There is something about wine experts that rubs people the wrong way. Wine tasting has become the epitome of a…
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