Radical hovercraft aims to rise
Mercier-Jones (Copyright: Mercier-Jones) How one inventor is trying to breathe new life into floating vehicles with designs that take their cues more from concept cars. Eccentricity and genius are often at the heart of great inventions. And so it was with the invention of the hovercraft, which began with an empty tin of cat food, […]
Covid-19 causing drop in South West radicalisation referrals
BBC Det Ch Insp Alistair Stenner said referrals are anonymous and helped “divert people from making bad decisions at an early point” Counter-terrorism police say Covid-19 could be behind a fall in referrals from people worried about friends or family members becoming radicalised. They are concerned that people vulnerable to radicalisation are spending more time […]
Should everyone be taking vitamin D?
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Vitamin D is said to help stave off fatigue, depression and even cancer. But some experts argue that for people with healthy levels, supplements are not helpful. What’s the reality? As many countries urge populations to stay at home, many of us are paying more attention to our diets and […]
Robot carpenter makes custom furniture
WATCH: Robot carpenter makes custom furniture Researchers have repurposed existing robotic technology so it is able to create custom wooden furniture, a move they say will greatly improve safety. The group said the goal was not to replace human carpenters but to allow them to focus on more important tasks such as design. It is […]
The slum residents trying to prevent a water crisis
Getty Images Delhi’s slums rely upon regular tankers to deliver water to the residents but shortages and disputes can interrupt the supply (Credit: Getty Images) Delhi is set to become the world’s biggest city within the next decade, but it already faces crippling water shortages. How can it hope to support more inhabitants? The tuk-tuk […]
German Christmas market suspect remanded by judge
Getty Images A man accused of murdering four women and a nine-year-old boy by driving a car into them at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has been remanded in custody. The 50-year-old was brought before Magdeburg district court on Saturday evening following the incident on Friday when a black BMW car […]
Close-up view of crack that made mega-iceberg
Vision-1 Airbus The North Rift pictured last Saturday. The gap is about 2km wide Very high resolution imagery has been released of the crack that resulted in the calving of Antarctica’s latest mega-iceberg. A74, as the 1,290-sq-km (500-sq-mile) block is known, broke away from the Brunt Ice Shelf exactly a week ago. The new pictures […]
Why we should treat violence like an epidemic
Getty Images We call violence an ‘epidemic’ – and there is reason to take that literally. The good news? From Chicago to Glasgow, treating violence like an infectious disease has had impressive results. Working as a maxillofacial surgeon in Glasgow in the early 2000s, Christine Goodall treated hundreds, if not thousands, of patients with injuries […]
The ‘river people’ under threat
Getty Images The sapori people paddle rafts on the Brahmaputra River in South Kamrup, India (Credit: Getty Images) The islands of the Brahmaputra are remote, unmapped, under threat — and home to 2.5 million people. BBC Future travelled with a visiting hospital boat to see what is at stake. Monai Doley is telling me how […]
Does it matter if we know where our food comes from?
Cito Victoir Magwane of TechnoServe Faustin Mulomba’s family has strong ties to the coffee business “My parents were coffee growers, I am a coffee grower, I have known how to handle coffee since my birth,” says Faustin Mulomba, from Bweremana in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). Mr Mulomba has spent […]