Technology

Negative emissions tech is important, but the idea it could replace decarbonisation is pure fantasy. Business as usual is not an option he Arctic is on fire, hot on the heels of the latest scorching European heatwave. As the impact of…

Tweet, web, stream and cloud may once have evoked the wild outdoors, but they are now predominantly used to describe technology, according to new linguistic research. A study of datasets of informal conversations from different decades…

For most people, sitting in a big red chair on TV means you're about to be tipped backwards by Graham Norton. For Jessie J, however, it's the chance to potentially make a significant difference to the career of an aspiring young…

US President Donald Trump set off conversations on cough etiquette after it emerged he asked an aide to leave the Oval Office for coughing during an interview. Plenty of people shared his irritation - so what is the right thing to do? …

Scientists from round the world are meeting in Germany to improve ways of making money from carbon dioxide. They want to transform some of the CO2 that’s overheating the planet into products to benefit humanity. They don’t claim the…

Theresa May is being warned over the plan she announced last month which aims to cut emissions to net zero by the year 2050. The government's chief adviser on climate change has warned that the prime minister's plan to eliminate…

In some cases the target iPhone could send video without the receiver's knowledge. The company said it had developed a fix and an update would be rolled out this week. In the meantime, Apple's status page shows it has disabled the…

The internal structure of a proton, with quarks, gluons, and quark spin shown. The nuclear force acts like a spring, with negligible force when unstretched but large, attractive forces when stretched to large distances.Brookhaven…

PlayStation 4 ConsolePlayStation Sony’s PlayStation 4 has been on the market for years, giving gamers an outstanding experience and the ability to play some of the most fun, exciting, and adventurous titles in the industry. But at…

Mining Bitcoin consumes vast amounts of energy - roughly the same as an economy the size of Switzerland.  And most comes from dirty fossil fuel. The future of blockchain promises improvements across transparency, access, and participation -…