Actually, a man with a whole series of missions. Elon Musk has done some extraordinary things in his life so far. He has affected the lives...

If Falcon 9 launches the SES-8 communications satellite successfully, this will be a doubly historic day in the life of SpaceX and for space...

Truth is truth, and we have to deal with that, even if it seems terribly inconvenient. In particular, scientific facts are truth in the sens...

Elon Musk is an extraordinary entrepreneur. He is behind SpaceX and several other ground-breaking companies. Interviewed here for TED he exp...

Ecotricity builds wind and solar generating systems. They also supply green energy to commercial and domestic customers in the UK. Starting ...

The universe, Part 2 < Introducing the universe |  Series i ndex | In the beginning > We need to understand the basis upon which sci...

Reusing spacecraft instead of throwing them away after each launch would massively reduce costs per launch and costs per kilogram of payload...

NASA's next attempt to land a rover on Mars will be made on 6th August. It's going to be a scary process but if it's successful ...

SpaceX plans to send its Dragon spacecraft to dock with the space station, perhaps as soon as Monday 7th May. If successful this will be a m...

The paralysing fear of failure is the biggest block to action. You belong to the King, don't let fear stop you from doing the King's...

Seeing the Earth from a new perspective is always worthwhile. If you are interested in astronomy and spaceflight you may have seen this befo...

This article considers ways of improving the city or town environment. There are some big projects here, growing trees and plants in the hea...

Good design combines clean looks with smooth and intuitive usability. The best devices are the result of a great deal of thought and plannin...

In China, waste Christmas tree lights are converted into chopped copper and brass for reuse and plastic feedstock for slipper soles. China h...

A Lego model of the huge ATLAS detector at CERN has been built by Sascha Mehlhase. The model itself is intricate and took a lot of work to d...

Watch and listen as Abraham Verghese shares some thoughts on doctors, patients, and the relationship between the two. Could there be a valua...

Here's a great example of image recovery, a sketched self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci was discovered a couple of years ago, obscured w...

I've just finished a book called 'The Nature of Technology' by W Brian Arthur. It's an interesting read and unexpectedly spa...

Ecotricity is the utilities company that Donna and I use for our gas and electricity supplies. They are a company with a difference, quite u...

A Japanese hobbyist has built a robot cyclist. The video is quite amazing to watch. The robot is much smaller than human size and this will ...