Overcoming the Challenges of Space Probe Exploration
1.0. Space Exploration Why Explore? Throughout the many millennia of human existence, the night sky has been a source of…
Problem of the Week (29th November, 2021)
Let be the positive integer , a -digit number where each digit is a . Let be the leading digit…
Cultured Meat – a low carbon alternative?
Cultured meat, also commonly known as lab-grown meat, clean meat or synthetic meat, refers to any meat produced by animal cell cultures…
Are We Alone?
The Big Question There is a great question which almost everyone has pondered, one which, if answered, would change our…
Time Dilation
Abstract The Theory of Special Relativity, developed by Albert Einstein in 1905, was a discovery that redefined physics, and one…
Talking Engineering (6) with Dr Sandra Bour Schaeffer, CEO of Airbus UpNext
Episode 6 of Talking Engineering: An Interview with Dr Sandra Bour Schaeffer Dr Sandra Bour Schaeffer is the Head of Airbus Demonstrators…
Innovation at Airbus
(All images and sources of information are credited to airbus.com) In 2019, Airbus SE (Societas Europaea) became the world’s largest…
Gaming with AI
From the earliest forms of Mancala invented in Africa 6000 years ago to the board games in Europe that became…
Holiday puzzles
We at Problem of the Week would like to wish you a wonderful, very restful holiday! For those of you…
Prime Numbers in Nature: Cyclical Cicadas
To many, the prime numbers are a foreign and useless concept conjured up in the laboratories of decrepit mathematicians, having…
Lorentz National Park
Abstract Indonesia has the third largest tract of tropical rainforest in the world, swathing 17,500 islands in the Malay Archipelago…