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28th July 2014
Hottest June on record
Globally, June 2014 was the hottest June since records began. Experts predict that 2014 will be an El Niño year.
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27th July 2014
2028 – China builds the world's largest particle accelerator
By 2028, China has built a particle accelerator nearly twice the size of the Large Hadron Collider.
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25th July 2014
Deep sea mining moves a step closer
Thousands of metres below the ocean surface, a new gold rush is about to begin, thanks to advances in robotic exploration technology.
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23rd July 2014
Urban rooftop farms can yield 20 times more produce than traditional farms
Hi-tech greenhouses utilising urban rooftops can eliminate the long journeys food travels from rural to city areas.
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22nd July 2014
HIV eliminated from human cell cultures
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated proof-of-concept that the HIV virus can be eliminated from the DNA of human cell cultures. Although years away from clinical application, this breakthrough has been described as an important step forward in the search for a cure.
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21st July 2014
Scientists have mapped one of the most important proteins in life – and cancer
One of the most important and complicated proteins involved in cell division has been mapped in 3D – a finding that could transform the understanding of cancer.
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21st July 2014
New images of comet as Rosetta probe nears target
The European Space Agency has released striking new images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. As part of the Rosetta mission, a robotic lander will be deployed on the surface.
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20th July 2014
Let's make space personal
Fatima Dyczynski, 25-year-old aerospace engineer and founder of Xoterra Space, talks about a new generation of tiny "nanosatellites" and how they could personalise space.
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20th July 2014
2021 – The first Arabian mission to Mars
By 2021, the Arab League nations have established a pan-Arab space agency, led by the UAE, which has delivered its first probe to Mars.
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19th July 2014
Direct evidence of a multiverse?
Scientists are working to bring the multiverse hypothesis – which sounds like science fiction to some – firmly into the realm of testable science.
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17th July 2014
An interview with Japanese humanoid robot Pepper
AFP interviews a Japanese robot called Pepper, who understands up to 80 percent of spontaneous conversations.
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16th July 2014
Southern Australia in permanent drought: 40% less rainfall by late 21st century
Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have developed a new high-resolution climate model, showing that southwestern Australia's long-term decline in fall and winter rainfall is caused by manmade greenhouse gas emissions and ozone depletion.
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15th July 2014
World's first climate-controlled city planned for Dubai
Dubai will host the world's first temperature-controlled city – incorporating the largest mall and largest domed park, taking 10 years to construct.
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15th July 2014
Project Adam: a new deep-learning system
Researchers have announced yet another breakthrough in artificial intelligence.
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15th July 2014
Scientists have created the world's darkest material: absorbs 99.9% of visual light
Sensitive electro-optical imaging and target-acquisition systems will achieve new levels of range and sensitivity, thanks to a UK company's breakthrough in developing a "super black" material.
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14th July 2014
2049 – The Fukushima disaster is cleaned up
The Fukushima disaster was the largest nuclear incident since Chernobyl, requiring a massive cleanup operation that lasted decades. By 2049, this process is finally reaching its conclusion.
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14th July 2014
Largest ever study of its kind finds significant differences between organic and non-organic food
The largest study of its kind has found significant differences between organic food and conventionally-grown crops. Organic food contains almost 70% more antioxidants – equivalent to eating between 1-2 extra portions of fruit and vegetables a day – and significantly lower levels of toxic heavy metals.
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13th July 2014
The world's first dedicated launch service for nanosatellites
A new rocket that incorporates methane fuel can provide a low-cost platform for launching clusters of tiny satellites, greatly improving broadband delivery and Earth observation missions.
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13th July 2014
Interactive map shows city temperatures by 2100
A new interactive graphic and analysis illustrates how much hotter summers will be in U.S. cities by 2100, if current emissions trends continue, and shows which cities they are going to most feel like.
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12th July 2014
Reddit AMA with Peter Diamandis
Tech entrepreneur Peter Diamandis has appeared on Reddit to answer questions posed by futurology enthusiasts.
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12th July 2014
DARPA plans to speed process for developing new advanced materials
Military research agency DARPA intends to cut the average time to develop new advanced materials from 10 years to less than three.
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12th July 2014
Global building stock will expand by 24 percent by 2023
Driven by accelerating urbanisation – particularly in the Asia Pacific region – the global building stock is expected to grow strongly over the next 10 years, putting further pressure on resource demands and the environment.
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11th July 2014
Astronomers discover the most distant Milky Way stars detected to date
The boundaries of our home galaxy may have to be redrawn, as two stars have been found orbiting the Milky Way at distances of 775,000 and 900,000 light-years from Earth, respectively.
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10th July 2014
Bee foraging chronically impaired by pesticide exposure
A study that involved fitting bumblebees with tiny RFID tags shows long-term exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide hampers bees' ability to forage for pollen.
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8th July 2014
2,200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 AD –
Tellurium-128 reaches the end of its half-life
Tellurium-128 has the longest known half-life of any known radioisotope.
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6th July 2014
Scientists prevent aging... in flowers
By suppressing a gene, researchers in Japan have slowed the aging process in flowers, meaning bouquets could remain fresh for much longer.
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6th July 2014
2550 AD – Nitrogen trifluoride emissions from 2000 have been naturally reabsorbed
Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is a type of greenhouse gas with an atmospheric lifetime of 550 years. Although present in only trace quantities, it was far more powerful on a per molecule basis than CO2, and growing rapidly in use during the early 21st century.
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6th July 2014
Trillion dollar market: fuel in space from asteroids
Within a few decades, asteroid mining could transform how companies operate in space – providing a cheap and abundant source of metals, minerals and liquids.
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4th July 2014
Ocean inside Titan could be as salty as the Dead Sea
Scientists analysing data from NASA's Cassini mission have firm evidence the ocean inside Saturn's largest moon, Titan, might be as salty as Earth's Dead Sea.
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3rd July 2014
2034 – Caribbean coral reefs are in danger of being wiped out
The Caribbean, home to 9% of the world's coral reefs, has been severely impacted by human activities.
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2nd July 2014
Technological unemployment
Peter Diamandis asks, what's going to happen when robots replace our jobs?
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2nd July 2014
Increases in life expectancy are likely to be even greater than current estimates
By failing to consider future trends in smoking, most projections for life expectancy in low-mortality nations have been underestimated.
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1st July 2014
2024 – Open-source, 3D printed clothes at near-zero cost
By 2024, 3D printing is so cheap, fast and easy to use that it can produce items of clothing for just a few cents within a matter of minutes.
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1st July 2014
"Molecular movie" technology will enable huge gains in bioimaging and health research
Researchers have announced the creation of an imaging technology more powerful than anything that has existed before, and is fast enough to observe life processes as they actually happen at the molecular level.
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