2016

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you want to build a colony on Mars you need a big rocket to…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Outer space contains an unlimited amount of resources, from Platinum and ice to Helium-3, now,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every business is becoming a technology business and nowhere is that truer than in the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New technologies are hitting the roads faster than expected, self-driving trucks which many analysts said…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Researchers are using gene sequencing to unlock the mysteries of evolution and each new discovery…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We aren’t at a tipping point yet but the indicators are looking good for the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In recent years Ash trees have been decimated by ash dieback disease, now that scientists…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many people with secondary or third degree burns find that their lives are changed forever,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regulators often get in the way – sometimes rightly – of the testing and adoption…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Scientists have managed to manufacture Lonsdaleite, an ultra-hard diamond found in meteorites, which could have…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Over 100,000 people die and another 4.5 million people are seriously affected by poisonous animal…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As scientists continue to push the boundaries of brain computer interfaces we’re getting closer to…