Travelling telescope educates Kenya's children

Two years ago, Kenyan astronomer Susan Murabana and her husband decided to travel the country, taking their telescope to tens of thousands of children.

The Making Of Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways To Mars VR Project

As NASA prepares to send the first humans to Mars, LIFE VR, TIME and 8i have collaborated and created Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars, the world’s first holographic ‘archival VR’ project.

California to Approve Testing of Truly Driverless Cars

California is set to open its roads up for the first time to self-driving vehicles with no human drivers. The proposed change would allow testing of vehicles with no steering wheel or pedal controls.

What could a future without physical screens look like

Last week Sony launched a projector which turns any surface into a touchscreen. We ask designers how screenless technology could be used in the future.

Supercomputers may boost life expectancy by 10 years

Supercomputers look set to improve medical practice to such a degree that our life expectancy could go up between five and 10 years.

Dramatic improvement in surface finishing of 3-D printing

New process combines better quality with low cost and less waste, giant step towards home 3-D printing.

Tackling depression by changing the way you think

A thought is a thought. It does not reflect reality. New research shows that learning how to ruminate less on thoughts and feelings has a positive effect for individuals with depression.

Closest Star Around A Black Hole Discovered

Imagine being caught in the clutches of a black hole, being whirled around at dizzying speeds and having your mass slowly but continually sucked away. That’s the life of a white dwarf star that is doing an orbital dance with a black hole.

First Nanotechnology Medicine Is Almost Here

The use of nanotechnology in medical procedures may just be a few short years away, according to new research.

Volvo's first EV will cost less than $40,000

The company's US chief told the press that the 2019-era vehicle should carry a price between $35,000 and $40,000, and should have at least a 250-mile range.

Recycling: Who really leads the world

A new report has been published with the aim of determining who really leads the world when it comes to recycling, with Wales emerging as one of the world's top three recyclers.

Robotics could be a Key to the Next Phase of Recycling

Could robotic sorters replace optical sorters as a must-have technology in tomorrow's material recovery facilities?

How Google Is Revealing Unmapped Areas of the World in Virtual Reality

VR producer Chris Milk hopes that the technology’s potential will extend far beyond, - for instance by using VR to transport viewers into the lives of others to create empathy and understanding.

Iceland to Become First Country Requiring Equal Pay For Women

Icelandic representatives announced at the International Women’s Day summit in New York earlier this week that they plan on becoming the first country in the world to enforce equal pay for women at a national level.