I've often noted that fungi are the forgotten heroes of the ecosystem, beavering away largely out of sight and therefore out of mind. Wh...

It's just possible that future historians will label the 21st century as the Era of Extreme Stupidity. In addition to the 'Big Four...

I've often mentioned how small-scale life is overlooked compared to the larger creatures we share this planet with. Three recent exampl...

Although the history of science is often presented as a series of eureka moments, with a single scientist's brainstorm paving the way fo...

Earlier this month Elon Musk's SpaceX achieved great kudos thanks to the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket and recovery of two of...

I recently attended an interesting event at an Auckland venue usually reserved for pop music concerts. An audience in the thousands came to...

As a space travel enthusiast since I was knee-high to a grasshopper it took me many years to appreciate robot probe missions with anything l...

With the UK narrowly avoiding France's fate of a triple dip recession, I thought I would bite the bullet and examine some of the economi...

I recently saw a billboard for the Samsung Galaxy SIII advertising a competition to win a "trip to space", in the form of a suborb...

Several weeks ago I was looking towards Greenwich in south-east London when I spotted an airship. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a...

As Major Tim Peake undergoes training as the first British citizen to join the European Space Agency's (ESA) Astronaut Corps, it's a...