Michael Irving – Archaeologists have discovered a 12th cave that once contained unknown Dead Sea Scrolls (Credit: Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld). The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most important historical texts ever discovered, dating as far back as the …
Ben Coxworth – Egyptian blue is considered to be the world’s first synthetic pigment (Credit: Maugli/Depositphotos). Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians created a blue pigment which they used in their depictions of gods and royalty. Derived from calcium copper silicate, the …
Rich Haridy – Image of Distinction: Cassida rubiginosa (thistle tortoise beetle), ventral view (Credit: Özgür Bulur). A surreal close-up of a weevil eye has taken the top prize at this year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. The magnificent annual photography competition, now in …
We’ve started searching for rare earth elements in some unlikely places Laura Mast, Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. U.S. National Archives on Flickr. Rare earth elements — elements like scandium, neodymium, and dysprosium — have found their way into every aspect of our …
Loz Blain – Something like an electric Grom, the Pocket Rocket is a humble, practical and clean e-commuter (Credit: Sol Motors). It’s too fast and powerful to be an e-bike, but so underpowered that you’d hardly call it a motorcycle. Sol Motors …
Paul Ridden – A production run of 25 FUV pilot vehicles has begun, ahead of retail availability by the close of 2018 (Credit: Arcimoto). After notching up eight generations of prototype electric three-wheelers, Arcimoto has followed a 15 model Beta Series by kicking off …
“The impacts on human well being, including mental health, may be catastrophic.” By Sarah Sloat – A landmark United Nations report revealed that catastrophic events induced by climate change could become regular occurrences as soon as 2040. In the report, published recently, the …
Rich Haridy – A new technique successfully edited a single genetic mutation prenatally, resulting in healthy mice being born (Credit: spgirolamo/Depositphotos). In a remarkable proof-of-concept study, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have, for the first time, …
Nick Lavars – A compound found in the venom of the Australian funnel-web spider was found to kill off melanoma cells in the lab (Credit: pelooyen/Depositphotos). Discoveries of potentially life-saving peptides in the venom of deadly animals are, counter-intuitively, not all that …
Loz Blain – Frank Ohle’s outrageous Red Baron ready for take off at Intermot 2018, with all eyes on that nine-cylinder Rotec Radial R3600 aircraft engine (Credit: Loz Blain/New Atlas). The Intermot expo, held every year just across the Rhine from …
