In November 2020, one Italian care home created an ingenious solution to Covid's isolation: a "hugging room" where people could safely embrace through a plastic screen.

There is no life on the moon. The 2020 election was not rigged. I have no direct evidence to support any of these claims, but ...

A train wreck that caused the death of more than a dozen commuters near the turn of the 20th century was the impetus behind a ...

Prestigious award recognises technological innovations with proven market impact; Karlsson’s work pioneered reliable Internet connectivity for public transport, laying foundations for today’s ...

Heretic, debater, wife-snatcher, subject of a posthumous cult: Pico della Mirandola certainly had a wild career. In this smart and rangy book, Wilson-Lee, a Cambridge don, paints a glorious portrait ...

While the decade is surely to have even more legendary sci-fi films as it continues, the 2020s are already home to many amazing sci-fi films. A low-budget time travel story that makes the most out of ...

The Victorian Pride Centre (VPC) was the first centre built for Australia's LGBTIQ+ community. It's a landmark, a monument, a ...

You can now gift games directly on the Epic Games Store, complete with custom messages, scheduled delivery and support for ...

I’ve always found patents fascinating. Not just because they protect ideas but because they often reveal the odd, innovative, and sometimes downright quirky side of human creativity. When I started ...

When a Melburnian was made to wait 25 minutes for a coffee, he created the perfect solution on a napkin. Bill Purton has always been full of good ideas - just don't tell him his solutions to simple ...

India’s reliance on jugaad in computing leads to fragile, unreliable systems. True progress requires rigorous computer ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “My dad used to take me, in the ’70s, to the store when I used to visit London with him,” recalls Zaim Kamal, ...