Here is a tricky question. How do you grow more food to feed our growing population without damaging our health or the environment? This is a significant problem that farmers, governments and us, the consumers, grapple with. One company, Carbon Robotics, seems to have solved it in one fell swoop…
Despite being ‘only’ four and a bit lightyears away, the Alpha Centauri star system remains a tantalising mystery. In theory, a habitable Earth-like exoplanet could exist around either of the binary stars, but the stars are too bright for our current telescopes to see these other worlds hidden in their…
How many planets are there in our Solar System? The answer may seem straightforward as we can only see eight. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. But for decades scientists have pondered on whether there is a giant, hidden planet in the far far reaches of the…
Right now, SpaceX is the undisputed king of space. Their rockets can carry more for less and soon could even take us to Mars. Musk looks set to have yet another monopoly on his hands. But Spinlaunch has come up with a novel launch system that propels crafts into space…
Fusion reactors are the ultimate in clean energy. Put in hydrogen, one of the most abundant elements in the Universe, squish these particles together into helium and get out an enormous amount of energy. The only waste product can be safely stored away in party balloons. Fusion is so clean…
There are trillions of exoplanets in the Galaxy. These distant worlds hold endless possibilities, but they are currently hidden from us. At best, we can hope for a glimpse of a silhouette, or a brief peek at the thin halo of an atmosphere. These worlds are too distant for us…
Tesla kicked off the electric vehicle movement and has dominated it ever since. But over the past few years other companies have caught up. These competitors now offer cars with similar tech, range and cost. It seems like Tesla could soon lose its advantage. But, Tesla has a plan to…
On tap nuclear energy with no radioactive waste, all powered by the most abundant element in the Universe, fusion. This has long been the holy grail as it would revolutionise our lives and turn the tides on climate change. But this era-defining technology is an engineering nightmare. It turns out…
SpaceX has built some insane machines over the years, but apparently, for some of the engineers at SpaceX, revolutionising space isn’t enough. They have broken away and formed a new startup, Radiant. They promise to revolutionise portable, sustainable energy with revolutionary space-grade micro nuclear reactors. Is this an empty promise…
Space tourism just got serious. Bezos builds a space station.
The billionaire space race is hotting up. SpaceX has already flown its first commercial crew and Blue Origin has even put a captain of the Enterprise into space. But Jeff Bezos recently made an announcement that could finally decide a…
