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We explain how aluminium went from a luxury metal to a world changing material. In the 1800s it was more expensive than gold. New refining methods dropped the price from $1.200 per kilo to just $1.

I am lucky to have taken some incredible trips, including a recent one to “the end of the earth”: the island of Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost point of South America. In a week, we traveled by ...

Virginia’s Louisa County school district is on the leading edge of providing educators with professional development on artificial intelligence. Recently, the district has shifted its PD approach, ...

One thing that a lot of our devices have in common is that they've seen conventional batteries replaced with rechargeable lithium-ion ones. As console players will know, PlayStation's ...

Here's why Metallica stopped using guitar amps live, according to James Hetfield's guitar tech. Metallica fans may or may not have even noticed that the rockers don't have a bunch of amps lined up ...

THE ALPHABET is easy to take for granted. Children memorise it before they know why it matters. Then it’s off to reading, and learning the sounds of the letters and how they combine. After that, many ...

Ask senior executives whether trust is an important part of leadership and you’ll get emphatic agreement that it is. In my interviews with over 70 senior leaders across multiple sectors, every CEO I ...

We hear it all the time in true crime podcasts, headlines and neighborhood chatter: Call the cops. The cops showed up. Good cop, bad cop. But have you ever stopped to investigate where the word cop ...

Explore the immense challenges of traveling beyond our solar system as we examine the limits of distance energy and human biology. From the slow journey of Voyager 1 to ambitious concepts like laser ...

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Halloween's origins trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The tradition of trick-or-treating is believed to have evolved from several ancient customs, including mumming.