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Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time
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Wireless charging: The roads where electric vehicles never need to plug in
The first wireless electric road in the US has been installed in Detroit, allowing electric vehicles to charge up as they drive along. But at nearly $2m (£1.6m) per mile, is this really the future of transport? It looks like any other stretch of asphalt in cities across the US.
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'First of all you must be patient, then you need spatial memory': The man behind the puzzle that 99% can't solve
In 1975, the Hungarian academic Ernő Rubik applied for a patent on his invention. Little did he know that his ingenious teaching tool, created behind the Iron Curtain, would become an iconic global phenomenon.
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UK considers recognising Palestine state, Lord Cameron says
Britain is ready to bring forward the moment when it formally recognises a Palestinian state, the foreign secretary has suggested. Lord Cameron said Palestinians had to be given a political horizon to encourage peace in the Middle East.
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Elon Musk says Neuralink implanted wireless brain chip
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he said "promising" brain activity had been detected after the procedure and the patient was "recovering well".
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Haji Malang: The Sufi shrine caught up in a religious row in Mumbai
A Sufi shrine frequented by Indians of all faiths made headlines recently after a top political leader said that he wanted to "liberate" it for just Hindus. The BBC's Cherylann Mollan visited to understand what the controversy was about.
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X blocks searches for Taylor Swift after explicit AI images of her go viral
Social media platform X has blocked searches for Taylor Swift after explicit AI-generated images of the singer began circulating on the site. In a statement to the BBC, X's head of business operations Joe Benarroch said it was a "temporary action" to prioritise safety.
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Mona Lisa: Protesters throw soup at da Vinci painting
Protesters have thrown soup at the glass-protected Mona Lisa painting in Paris. The 16th Century paining by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most famous artworks, and is held at the Louvre in Paris.
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Robert Corfield, ex-minister of secretive sect, admits to child sex abuse
Robert Corfield, a man who abused a boy in Canada in a secretive Christian church in the 1980s, has spoken publicly about what happened for the first time. He was confronted by the BBC as part of a wider look into claims of child sexual abuse spanning decades within the church, known as The Truth.
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Football comes first for Devon boy, 12, who scored IQ of 162
Rory Bidwell, from Great Torrington, Devon, joined the ranks of Mensa after acing the Cattell III B test with 162, the top score for children. This is above what is believed to be a score of 160 for Albert Einstein.
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Israel reined in by ICJ rulings on Gaza - but will it obey?
This was not a complete victory for South Africa, or the Palestinians. The ICJ did not order Israel to halt its military campaign - an implied recognition of Israel's right to self defence in the wake of the Hamas attacks on 7 October last year.
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Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation
US politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images, after explicit faked photos of Taylor Swift were viewed millions of times online. The images were posted on social media sites, including X and Telegram.
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Donald Trump must pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m for defamation
A New York jury has decided Donald Trump should pay $83.3m (£65m) for defaming columnist E Jean Carroll in 2019 while he was US president.The penalty in the civil trial is made up of $18.3m for compensatory damages and $65m in punitive damages.
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The Quest to Decode the Mandelbrot Set, Math’s Famed Fractal
For decades, a small group of mathematicians has patiently unraveled the mystery of what was once math’s most popular picture. Their story shows how technology transforms even the most abstract mathematical landscapes.
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TV channels are using AI-generated presenters to read the news. The question is, will we trust them?
A start-up is developing a news service presented by anchors created by artificial intelligence. Will it upend decades of parasocial relationships between television audiences and the people they watch on screen? The footage wouldn't look out of place on many of the world's news channels.
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Why private helicopters are still in demand
How many children draw helicopters and aeroplanes dreaming of being pilots or designing their own aircraft one day? Jason Hill was one such teenager, but he clung on to that vision through aeronautical engineering studies and work in the aviation industry.
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Ingenuity: Damage puts end to ground-breaking Mars helicopter mission
Nasa's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which made history by achieving the first powered flight on another world, has suffered mission-ending damage. In a statement, Nasa said the aircraft was forced to perform an "emergency landing" that damaged its rotors.
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Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish
Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead. The conclusion is based on analysis of photos, taken by wildlife enthusiasts, and published online.
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Solving Stephen Hawking’s famous paradox | Janna Levin
Quantum wormholes are mathematically possible — but might also be physically impossible. Physicist Janna Levin explains Hawking’s famous information paradox. ❍ Subscribe to The Well on YouTube: https://bit.ly/welcometothewell ❍ Up next: A 9-minute journey inside a black hole https://www.yo
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Bellaghy bog body: Human remains are 2,000 years old
Ancient human remains which date back more than 2,000 years have been recovered by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The discovery was made after archaeologists were alerted to human bones on Bellaghy peatland in County Londonderry in October 2023.
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European mission approved to detect cosmic ripples
What will be one of the most ambitious and most expensive space missions ever mounted by Europe has just been given the formal green light. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (Lisa) will try to detect ripples in the fabric of space-time generated when gargantuan black holes collide.
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Thai police to charge two over pet lion spotted cruising in Bentley
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Stricken Japanese Moon mission landed on its nose
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Captain Cook statue vandalised in Melbourne on eve of Australia Day
A century-old Captain James Cook statue has been cut down and a Queen Victoria monument covered in red paint in an apparent protest in Australia.The late-night vandalism occurred in Melbourne on the eve of Australia Day and is under police investigation.
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US scientist recommends adding salt to make perfect cup of tea
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