29th October 2022

World's largest government grant for cellular agriculture

The Dutch government has confirmed that it will allocate €60 million to support an ecosystem around cellular agriculture.

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28th October 2022

2038 – Total solar eclipse in Australasia

A total solar eclipse occurs on 26th December 2038, passing over Australia and New Zealand.

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27th October 2022

2037 – The Oxford English Dictionary 3rd edition is published

Following the original and second editions – published in 1928 and 1989, respectively – an even larger third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is completed in 2037.

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26th October 2022

2036 – China's first mission to Neptune

This year sees China delivering a nuclear-powered spacecraft to study Neptune, its largest moon Triton, and other satellites, as well as the ice giant's rings.

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24th October 2022

New record data transmission speed

The first data transmission to exceed 1 petabit per second (Pbit/s) using only a single laser and a single optical chip has been demonstrated by European researchers.

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22nd October 2022

New simulation reveals Moon formed in hours

A new simulation by NASA shows that the Moon likely formed within a matter of hours, as opposed to earlier theories that propose a much longer period of months or years.

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21st October 2022

2034 – Global warming hits 1.5°C

By 2034, the global average temperature rise is consistently exceeding the 1.5°C threshold of the Paris Agreement.

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11th October 2022

Chinese drone carries machine gun-armed robot dog

Kestrel Defence, a Chinese defence contractor, has released footage of a combined drone and robotic system that could be appearing on the battlefield in the near future.

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10th October 2022

Coffee drinking linked to longer lifespan

A new study finds that drinking two to three cups of ground, instant, or decaffeinated coffee each day is associated with a longer lifespan and lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared with avoiding coffee.

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9th October 2022

A timeline of global warming, 10,000 BC-2100 AD

This graph shows how global average temperatures have changed over the millennia – from the end of the ice age, to the Industrial Revolution and through to the present day, with a future projection to 2100.

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4th October 2022

Largest combined wind/solar/battery plant opens in U.S.

The first large-scale project in North America to co-locate wind, solar, and battery storage has become operational in Oregon.

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2nd October 2022

Smart microrobots walk autonomously

Researchers have installed electronic "brains" on solar-powered robots that are just 100 to 250 micrometres in size, so the tiny machines can walk autonomously without being externally controlled.

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1st October 2022

New drug slows progression of Alzheimer's

A breakthrough in treating Alzheimer's disease is reported by pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Biogen, using a new drug called lecanemab, which is designed to remove beta-amyloid proteins from the brain.

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