Windows made of transparent wood could help keep buildings warm
3 April 2019
Transparent wood could be used for windows. The material retains more heat than double glazing, but cannot yet be made entirely see-through
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Article 13: A guide to the new EU copyright rules and the ban on memes
27 March 2019
What is Article 13? How does it affect the way you use the internet? Should you be worried? Your questions answered about the EU's new copyright rules
The pigment in our skin could be used to make electrical body implants
26 March 2019
Melanin’s electrical conductivity can be boosted a billion-fold using heat and the result could be used to make body-friendly electrical implants
Bill Gates’s pancake problem – and three more pancakes in science
4 March 2019
Sorting a stack of pancakes by size is a vexing challenge for mathematicians, but Microsoft's Bill Gates came up with an enduring solution.
Wikipedia’s civil wars show how we can heal ideological divides online
4 March 2019
When people on different sides of the political spectrum work together to edit Wikipedia articles, the results are better than when everyone agrees
World's fastest shark gets a burst of speed from shape-shifting skin
4 March 2019
Highly flexible denticles reduce the drag experienced by the mako shark’s skin, and could inspire a new generation of materials for fighter jets and helicopters
AIs could debate whether a smart assistant should snitch on you
22 February 2019
If a smart home spots cannabis in a teenager’s bedroom, should it tell their parents? Or even the police? One proposal is to let debating AIs decide
Squid teeth could help make bioplastics and self-repairing clothes
21 February 2019
A protein found in the suckered arms of squid could help make biodegradable plastics and clothes that repair themselves
AI tries bad improv comedy to trick people into thinking it is human
14 September 2018
Artificial intelligence has joined forces with a group of actors to create spontaneous comedy sketches on stage. The result is a new variant of the Turing test
Incognito mode: the battle for privacy in a world of face recognition
12 September 2018
Face recognition technology has rapidly found its way into modern society, from policing to shopping. Is it too late to hold back the tide?
