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The drone revolution has been simmering for the last decade or so, and has only recently begun to boil over into our everyday lives. Armed forces around the world have been using them for decades, but now unmanned aerial vehicles of all shapes and si

Each spring, honey hunters suspend themselves off the tops of cliffsides in pursuit of ‘mad honey’. Nepal and Turkey are the two main producers of the world’s mad honey supply. Named because the honey is filled with a hallucinogenic grayanotoxin, the

Over 1,000 never-before-seen space rocks have been discovered after secretly photobombing images of the cosmos for decades. A combination of artificial intelligence and citizen scientists helped uncover the asteroids hiding in archival photos from th

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Drones are uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can be either autonomous or remotely controlled. While many of their modern applications could have them mistaken for new inventions, drones have existed for many decades. In 1935, between World War I a

Staring at the screen in the darkened theatre of the visitor centre, Dr Ellie Sattler shakes her head and whispers, “Palaeo-DNA, from what source? Where do you get 100-million-year-old dinosaur blood?” We all know the scene. It’s ‘the science bit’ in

Describing a food as a ‘superfood’ gives the impression that one berry or legume could be a miracle worker. In reality, we need a combination of lots of healthy foods to keep our bodies functioning optimally. Different items on your plate might be co

Headaches, nausea and fatigue are just some of the reminders of last night’s boozy antics. Commonly known as a hangover, ‘veisalgia’ is the medical term for the group of unpleasant symptoms that follow a period of excessive alcohol consumption. One o

In Western medicine, chemical painkillers and other lab-produced drugs are often prescribed for common ailments. However, an ancient Chinese medical practice involves the controlled insertion of needles beneath the skin – an alternative medicine that

At the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), XPeng AeroHT, a Chinese electric vehicle company, unveiled its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) flying car. Unlike other eVTOL vehicles, the XPeng creation looks like it’s jumped straight from

The Faroe Islands is an archipelago between Iceland and Norway. The land is mostly mountainous, with deep fjords that make cross-country travel complicated and time consuming. Today, thanks to a huge long-term construction project, the route to islan

Black holes are the most extreme astrophysical phenomena in the universe. And there’s a good chance they’re the best known, too. Not everyone has heard of neutron stars, planetary nebulae or brown dwarfs, but most people have come across the idea of

Carbon is one of the fundamental elements of life on Earth. It can be found in the atmosphere, forms part of the biological building blocks of every living organism on Earth and is trapped in the structures of rocks that form our planet’s crust. Scie

Known as a symbol of wisdom and intellect, owls are some of the most clued-up killers in the animal kingdom. The majority of owls are nocturnal ambush hunters. Waiting perched on a low branch or fence post, owls use their amazing sight and hearing to

The Dead Sea, located between Israel and Jordan, is a landlocked lake with a salt concentration so high that it holds no visible life. It has the lowest elevation of any body of water on Earth at more than 400 metres below sea level. It began its for

In the late 1800s, German physicist Heinrich Hertz made a discovery that would change the world forever. Before Hertz’ discovery, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell had predicted the existence of electromagnetic radiation in 1865 in his paper A D

Liquid hydrogen is used as a rocket propellant because it has the highest efficiency relative to the amount used over any other known propellant. In combination with an oxidiser like liquid oxygen, it’s light and extremely powerful, burning at over 3

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Complete the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9 Find the following words DRONES FOOD RADAR CARBON SINK TERABIT OWL BLACK FLYING TUNNEL BROADBAND HOLE Hint: Use the right eyewear! A See if you can find all six change

By stacking different water densities, you can capture a rainbow in a glass For this experiment you will need one more glass than the number of layers you wish to create in the column. The extra glass should be tall and thin. Fill all but the tall gl

Dear HIW, When I put lemon juice on a cut avocado it stays green longer. What is in lemon juice that prevents browning? Jess Burns Avocados have an enzyme called polyphenol oxidase (PPO) underneath the skin. When these enzymes are exposed to oxygen,

A BITE FROM THE LONE STAR TICK CAN MAKE YOU ALLERGIC TO RED MEAT AND DAIRY Around three-quarters of the food we eat comes from just 12 plants and five animal species 123456 is still one of the world’s most common passwords The world’s oldest honey wa