Is your favourite sci-fi short story in this list? Sometimes you’re in the mood for a slice of science fiction but you haven’t got the time to embark on a Red Mars or a Dune. All hail, then, the sci-fi...
Skeleton of Homo naledi, found in the Rising Star cave system in South AfricaJohn Hawks/Shutterstock Blazing the Trail Australian Museum, University of Sydney, BreakThru Films It is after 10pm and I am on a cycleway in Sydney returning from dinner...
The awards ceremony for the Nobel prizes took place in December this year, celebrating both work relating to artificial intelligence and efforts by the group Nihon Hidankyo to end nuclear war.It was a striking juxtaposition, one not lost on me,...
The stones that make up Stonehenge came from all over BritainHeritage Image Partnership Ltd /Alamy Stonehenge may have been built to symbolise a unification in Stone Age Britain. The idea could explain why so many of the stones making up...
When I was 17 I was nearly killed when a fight broke out after a high school football game and someone fired a gun. A stray bullet struck my throat, tearing through my trachea and damaging my carotid artery.This near-death...
The 2025 Under the Radar Symposium kicks off with an exciting and robust keynote event. Free and open to the public, this dynamic gathering brings together global arts leaders, cultural innovators, and a vibrant community of over 350 professionals to...
Ramesses III was one of Egypt’s great warrior pharaohs. A temple he built at Medinet Habu, near the Valley of the Kings, highlights why. On its walls, carvings tell the story of a coalition of fighters that swept across the...
Here are the questions. The answers can be found at the bottom of this page, but don’t scroll down until you’ve given them a good go. 1. Uncle Johannes has outdone himself this year, serving up an eight-course Christmas feast...
Colour, smell, taste and chemical constituents can all be used to distinguish whiskiesJane Barlow/PA Images/Alamy Artificial intelligence can tell Scotch whisky from American whiskey and identify its strongest constituent aromas more reliably than human experts – by using data rather...
Mathematicians attended Roger Apéry’s lecture at a French National Center for Scientific Research conference in June 1978 with a great deal of skepticism. The presentation was entitled “On the Irrationality of ζ(3),” which caused quite a stir among experts.The value...
