Category: Features
A Loopy Way to Save the World
A circular economy could potentially solve issues ranging from pollution and environmental damage to international conflict, but it won’t be easy to create one.
The Curious Incidence of the Cicadas in the Springtime
How the properties of prime numbers have helped a species of defenceless insects outlast many of their predators and survive an ice age.
Digital Pills: Big Data or Big Brother?
Newly approved drugs have a built in sensor which reports when it’s been taken. Is this a breakthrough in disease management or overly invasive?
How to Make a Moon
Scott Jess explores how the moons of Earth and Mars are a relict of the solar system’s violent past.
Ancient Archaeology: How We All Lose from Looting
Do Western art dealers fund terrorism? Well, sort of. The situation of Syrian antiquities looting and trafficking is much more complicated, however.
Frozen Solid
Cryogenics may involve the study of materials at extremely low temperatures, but is this icy area of science just beginning to heat up? Maisie Keogh finds out…..
LAW-less: Should We Ban Killer Robots?
With several countries investing in the development of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs), many believe that we are in the midst of an artificial intelligence arms race. This technology has the power to transform modern warfare, but should we allow machines to determine and attack their own targets?
