Could the ‘flying piano’ help transform air cargo?
Aerolane Dubbed the “flying piano”, Aerolane’s test aircraft is surfing air currents US start-up Aerolane is seeking the secret to airborne surfing. Geese already know…
Charli XCX and the fight to save club culture
Getty Images Charli XCX is performing in arenas this week, but started her career sneaking to raves underage Don’t put away your strappy top and…
Chinese student Wu Huayan died ‘after donations withheld’
Feng Video Wu Huayan ate only rice and chillies in order to save money to help her sick brother Anger is increasing in China after…
Long-Bailey against abortion after 24 weeks on disability grounds
PA Media Labour leadership contender Rebecca Long-Bailey has said she disagrees with the law allowing abortion after 24 weeks on the grounds of disability. The…
Google cancels all-staff diversity meeting
Google Google has cancelled an all-staff meeting to discuss a controversial memo about diversity written by former engineer James Damore. It is reported that some…
What the voice inside your head says about you
BBC/ Getty Images One of Hurlburt’s five categories of inner experiences, sensory awareness, describes processing your thoughts as though they are tactile sensations (Credit: BBC/…
what next for ‘The Everything Company’?
Amazon Three decades on from the day it began, it is hard to get your head around the scale of Amazon. Consider its vast warehouse…
JG Windows music store in Newcastle ‘closes permanently’
BBC JG Windows music store in Newcastle’s Central Arcade had traded since 1908 A store described as the “cornerstone” of a region’s musical heritage for…
Syria rebels claim to have entered country’s second city
Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of several neighbourhoods in the country’s second-largest city, Aleppo, according to the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for…
Xi Jinping ‘most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong’
Xi to delegates: Is anyone against me? China’s ruling Communist Party has voted to enshrine Xi Jinping’s name and ideology in its constitution, elevating him…