Liana Finck cartoon

17 July 2019

This week's cartoon - 13 July 2019

Remember that climate concern goes way back

10 July 2019

Flexibility and innovation are key in education

10 July 2019

Feedback: Is Boris Johnson a bus-building SEO genius?

10 July 2019

Boris Johnson's bus mentioning SEO trick, plus lemon-powered cars and space’s most expensive mistake in our weekly round-up from the world of weird

Puzzles #11 and #12: Lunar years and Hole of the moon

10 July 2019

Try a birthday enigma and a space measurement challenge to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing

Cryptic crossword #10

10 July 2019

The special moon-themed cryptic crossword, set by Wingding. Plus, answers to quick crossword #35

Electronics projects for beginners: Sensors for talking to plants

10 July 2019

Ever wanted to know if your plant is happy or sad? A BBC micro:bit and a moisture sensor will get you and your garden plants communicating

This professor of future crime stops burglaries before they happen

10 July 2019

Criminologist Shane Johnson is not quite Tom Cruise in Minority Report, but he does predict where offences will occur and how best to stop them

Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

10 July 2019

The first modern humans were not supposed to have reached Europe until 45,000 years ago, but a skull from a Greek cave turns out to be 210,000 years old

Two large earthquakes have hit California in two days

10 July 2019

Two large earthquakes just a day apart in California has people asking if there is an even bigger one coming