The Science Behind Optical Illusions
We rely on our eyes for almost everything we do. In fact, 50% of the brain’s cortex is devoted to vision alone. But our eyes cannot always be relied upon...
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How Science Inspired These Classic Album Covers
Music is an art, right? Not science. Well, the definitions of art and science, being broad enough to encompass much of human endeavour, are not mutually exclusive. And science has...
Lost in Light: Can You See the Stars?
The night sky is a magnificent sight. For me, there is nothing quite so humbling as gazing up at the seemingly infinite sparkles and realising just how small we are...
Dawn of the Superhuman
When we dream of having super powers, as all of us have at one time or another, our subconscious is, in fact, trying to tell us that we have the...
Drawing a Bicycle from Memory is Not Nearly as Simple as it Sounds
In Pink Floyd’s idiosyncratic song ‘Bike’ Syd Barrett sings, “I’ve got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It’s got a basket, a bell that rings and things...
Another Earth: Tiny Space Probes to Seek Out Life Among the Stars
The vast reaches of space have hardly been explored. We have images from telescopes such as the Hubble, and a smattering of images taken by astronauts, but the limitations of...
A Lesson in Love to Melt the Coldest of Hearts
It’s World Penguin Day, a time to celebrate one of the most charming and idiosyncratic birds on the planet. One penguin in particular has been thrust into the limelight recently,...
Now You Can Fulfil That Romantic Gesture and Give Someone the Moon
Generations of lovers have promised to procure the Moon for their beloved in order to show the lengths they would go to for their love. While this is a delightfully...
Is the Game of Go Too Complicated for a Computer to Master?
The ancient Chinese game of Go was considered by many to be too complicated for a computer to master. When international Go champion Lee Sedol was first asked to compete...
If Robots Can Paint and Speak Like Us, Can They Think Like Us?
Fans of the stark, alienated world of Blade Runner will be pleased, if not a little nervous, about the newly announced release date of the sequel. The ominous neon cityscape...
Discovery of Gravitational Waves Sends Ripples Across the Universe
It was Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, published more than a century ago, that famously predicted the existence of gravitational waves. Scientists have been trying to detect them for...
Ambitious Kickstarter Project Aims to Get a Miniature Rocket onto the Moon
The project is called Moonspike. The aim is to take your data to the moon. A small in scale rocket is set for a large in ambition journey, to climb...
Water on Mars
In news that has space agencies worldwide brimming with wonder and excitement, NASA have just unveiled a “major science finding” – evidence that liquid water flows on Mars. Aided by...
Luna Will Illuminate Your Space and Your Mind
Earth’s only natural satellite has been getting a lot of attention recently, and rightly so. In the early hours of Sunday morning, a rare astronomical event will take place before...
A Scale Model of the Solar System Complete with Planetary Orbits
This is the story of two filmmakers, Alex Gorosh and Wylie Overstreet, who set out to do something that has never been done before – to build the very first...
Astronaut Captures Spectacular Northern Lights from Space
Experiencing the phenomenal beauty of the Aurora Borealis is on many a bucket list and nearly a million of us flock to the Arctic every year to catch a glimpse....
New Horizons: Pluto is Full of Surprises
The launch of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in January 2006 was the fastest ever recorded. On Tuesday 14th July 2015, having travelled three billion miles over the course of nine...
How To Tell if Someone is Lying to You
Whether we like it or not, the truth is that we all get lied to – probably on a daily basis. But how hard is it to tell when someone...
New Horizons: NASA’s Mission to Pluto
On July 14th, NASA’s New Horizons will make its closest approach to Pluto, completing the first reconnaissance of the Solar System begun over 50 years ago. The flyby will beam...
Timeline of the Far Future
The BBC have produced a simple yet striking infographic, detailing what will happen to earth and its population in the far future. Ever wonder what will happen to humans and...