The bacterium Caulobacter crescentus uses the toughest glue on Earth to stick to river rocks, and now scientists are trying to figure out how to produce the stuff.
Scientists have developed the world's first 'telepathic typewriter' - a device that literally allows users to 'make a mental note'. Experts say the invention of no-touch typing could revolutionise office life for millions and give paralysed people the
In 1785, the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), founder of the Doctrine of Utilitarianism, began working on a plan for a model prison called the Panopticon. The signature feature of this design was that every one of the individual jail cells
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