The UK's plan to block online pornography could be a privacy disaster
27 March 2019
A scheme designed to limit children's access to adult content could end up creating a massive database of people's pornography habits
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The 5 biggest physics questions that LIGO's reboot could soon answer
27 March 2019
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is about to switch on after a big upgrade and it should tell us all about black holes and much more
Spacecraft reveal the mysteries of the solar system's space rocks
27 March 2019
Three spacecraft have been gathering a treasure trove of information about the solar system's space rocks, helping us understand how Earth and the other planets formed
By all means back healthcare tech, but only once it is shown to work
27 March 2019
It makes sense to champion high-tech innovations, but UK health minister Matt Hancock would do well to wait until they have been shown to work effectively
Our most pressing space mission is to clear decades of orbiting junk
27 March 2019
Sixty years ago, the focus was on getting more objects into orbit. Today, the top priority is working out how technology can bring them back down again
AIs go up against animals in an epic competition to test intelligence
26 March 2019
AIs have some superhuman abilities, but just how clever are they overall? To find out, a new competition will adapt tests used to study animals
Smog may be getting worse in some cities thanks to Arctic warming
26 March 2019
Rising temperatures in the Arctic may be weakening winds in China and India, lessening air flow over major cities and exacerbating winter smogs
A third of wild bee and hoverfly species are in decline in Britain
26 March 2019
Concerns are rising about the loss of pollinators in Britain after analysis found that 33 per cent of bee and hoverfly species have declined since 1980
NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue
26 March 2019
NASA scheduled the first ever spacewalk with only female astronauts this week, but it has been cancelled because there isn't enough time to configure a spacesuit that fits
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
