Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

The South West changed the world by inventing, what some people believe was, the first real steam engine. Thomas Newcomen, a Baptist preacher from Dartmouth worked out how to get energy from steam - ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...