Hurbert Walter Simmonds had only been in Fiji for a year before he was appointed as Government Entomologist in 1920. It was an unusual role, but an important one. The island was repeatedly threatened by agricultural pests, and so Simmonds would spend the next 46 years searching for predators and…

There's a lot happening at the start of an Olympic BMX race. Athletes begin at the top of a ramp, which they descend while pedaling and being pulled by gravity. At the end of the ramp, they transition from pointing down to aiming horizontally. You may not think there are many physics problems here,…

Für diesen Vormittag im Juni hat Katrin Zabel ein Jahr lang gestritten. Er ist die Krönung ihres Kampfes um die Seelen ihrer Schüler: die Aufführung der Odyssee. In der Aula ist es dunkel, die Luft stickig. Katrin Zabel, Französischlehrerin und Leiterin der Theater-AG, steht am Mischpult. Vor ihr,…

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After studying Alien in intimate detail, it’s time to look at the typography and design of Ridley Scott’s other classic sci-fi movie, Blade Runner. Based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner cements Scott’s reputation for beautiful, gritty, tech noir science…

I'm cycling the length of Britain in VR. Go to https://cyclevr.wordpress.com/ to see my progress. I'm making the journey from Landsend to John O Groats, a distance of more the 1500 kilometers. Will I make it to the end? Depends if I can stop my app from crashing :)

Rodney Mullen, who three decades ago invented many of the tricks on which modern skateboarding is based, steps inside fashion photographer Steven Sebring’s revolutionary 360 studio for his first major release of footage in 12 years, including several never seen before moves. Watch the exclusive…

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This project with Frank Ippolito lives at the intersection of creepy and amazing. For 2016's Comic-Con, Frank designed, sculpted, and painted a LEGO-inspired mask, made to look like a real-life version of a minifig. We're calling it the creeppyfig, and it found its way home wandering through…

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A handful of girls seem to defy one of the biggest certainties in life: ageing. Virginia Hughes reports. Richard Walker has been trying to conquer ageing since he was a 26-year-old free-loving hippie.

Jim Papadopoulos has spent a lifetime pondering the maths of bikes in motion. Now his work has found fresh momentum. Access through your institution This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive…

The Dutch publisher Elsevier publishes many of the world’s best known mathematics journals, including Advances in Mathematics, Comptes Rendus, Discrete Mathematics, The European Journal of Combinatorics, Historia Mathematica, Journal of Algebra, Journal of Approximation Theory, Journal of…

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Three research groups taking very different approaches to building an artificial kidney all have the same goal: giving people with kidney failure an escape from today’s dialysis routine. Because dialy

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