Elver numbers are now at 5% of their levels in the 1980s Scientists create a mixture of detritus and waste matter, which is hoped will reproduce larvae’s natural diet Marine biologists are racing to solve [...]

So is flatpack housing the way forward? Cheap, environmentally friendly and easy to manufacture, the temporary cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand is being built out of it. So is flatpack housing the way forward? Cardboard? [...]

Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google’s Sergey Brin Sergey Brin says he and Google co-founder Larry Page would not have been able to create their search giant if the internet was dominated by [...]

The consequences are not being thought through Technology is designed to increase flying time ‘from days to months’, along with power available for weapons systems American scientists have drawn up plans for a new generation [...]

UK’s first 4D cinema experience The first audible “oh!” came less than a minute in. On screen, an aerial battle was raging above the planet Barsoom, and in the middle of screen 11 at Cineworld [...]

PayPal and Apple are working on alternatives which could be simpler to install   Google and others are promoting Near Field Communication technology, which involves replacing credit cards with phones which can be tapped on a reader [...]

China is the only real, large market in the world where game-changing sustainability is emerging and has the potential to truly scale   The corridors at Davos are buzzing with discussion over China’s growing commitment [...]

A diet of algae, insects and meat grown in a lab By 2050 there will be another 2.5 billion people on the planet.  How to feed them? Science’s answer: a diet of algae, insects and [...]

Green electricity generated by Sahara solar panels is being hailed as a solution to the climate change crisis During the summer of 1913, in a field just south of Cairo on the eastern bank of [...]

What is the benefit of open access to academia?   Who will pay for open education resources? These questions and many more are answered by our live chat panel. Matthew Cockerill, managing director of open [...]

The Loebner prize rewards the machine that best imitates a human – it provides a great sanity check for wilder AI claims When you chat to your mates online, are you sure they are not [...]

The binary nature of the web means your accidental, happy discoveries are anything but. Search and software giant Google has, almost imperceptibly, integrated itself into the fabric of our daily lives. We use it to [...]