Plane Crash Survival: Where Is the Safest Seat on a Airplane?
The safest-seat claims come from a single small sample of crash data -- what it actually shows, and the exits and habits that matter more than row number.
Alex Turner
Alex Turner is an engineer who works on data centre infrastructure. He writes about data centres as physical buildings, where the choices are forced by heat and by the grid long before anyone decides them.
What Is the Void? Exploring the Dark Heart of Cosmology
The void, the start and end of our Universe. Discover why we will all be vacuum fluctuations.
The Mystery of Round Planets: Discover the Secret Force
Why are planets round? It appears to be a simple question... but no one knows the answer.
Calorie Count: How Food Manufacturers Calculate Your Nutritional Value
Calorie counts on food labels come from a 140-year-old bomb calorimeter method, not a direct measurement of what your body actually absorbs.
Ancient Rome: How Technology Brings Ancient Ruins to Life
Discover how 3D and VR Technology Brings Ancient Ruins Back to Life starting a new tourist era
Anatoli Bugorski: Head Inside a Particle Accelerator
In 1978 a 76 GeV proton beam crossed Anatoli Bugorski's head at Protvino. The dose everyone quotes is the wrong number to explain why he lived.
Space-Based Solar Power: How It Works and Where It Stands
Sunlight in orbit is 1,361 W/m² and almost never sets. How space solar power would beam it to Earth, what has been tested, and why it still costs too much.
Where Did Earth’s Water Actually Come From? New Theories Explained
Comets were the leading theory for Earth's water; isotope data from Rosetta ruled most of them out, and asteroids are now the better match.
The Future of Particle Detection: Diamond Pixel Sensors
Discover how Diamond Sensor are changing the world of high energy physics forever
Human Evolution: Predicting Human Form in 10,000 Years
Ten thousand years is enough time for genuine human evolution to resume -- the pressures that stalled it, and the traits most likely to shift next.
Top Science Destinations Around the Globe You Need to Visit
Ten science and tech destinations worth the trip -- CERN, NASA launch sites, observatories and museums, with what makes each one worth visiting.
J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Architect of the Atomic Age
J. Robert Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project developing the first atomic bombs, while pioneering quantum mechanics studies that impressed Einstein.