Science & Tech

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Kigali- P Kagame tells NEF participants

As he inaugurated to two days high level meeting of scientists and technological geeks being held in Kigali, President Paul…

6 years ago

Scientists create a £400 3D-printed robotic arm

A robotic hand that can translate words into sign language gestures for deaf people has been created by scientists. Named…

6 years ago

Experts baffled by boa constrictor with two heads AND two hearts

A Floridian snake-breeder recently ended up with a two-headed boa that has two separate hearts. The snake, at two weeks old, was…

6 years ago

Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology’s brightest star, dies aged 76

The world's most celebrated scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76 - more than 50 years…

6 years ago

Only 9% of the world’s plastic is recycled

IN A paper published last year in Science Advances, Roland Geyer of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his…

6 years ago

Potentially hazardous’ asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will skim past Earth TODAY

A monster asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is set to fly past Earth tomorrow at a dizzying…

6 years ago

Kenya doctors ‘perform brain surgery on wrong patient’

Four Kenyan medics have been suspended after cutting open the skull of the wrong patient at a hospital in Nairobi.…

6 years ago

Woman, 22, killed by lion in South Africa

A woman has died after being attacked by a lioness at a South African game reserve. The attack took place…

6 years ago

The robot that slithers like a snake

Researchers have created a robot that can slither like a snake - and it might be used in laparoscopic surgeries.…

6 years ago

How Hitler targeted the North East when he planned invasion of Britain

A fascinating collection of maps which reveal the Nazis had north east England firmly in their sights have been unearthed…

6 years ago