Science
The Science of a Cricket Bat: Willow, Sweet Spot and Why You Knock It In
A cricket bat looks like a simple plank of wood with a handle. In reality, it is a carefully engineered piece of sports equipment, shaped by...
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How VAR and Goal-Line Technology Work in Football
Few things in sport spark as many arguments as a VAR decision. Video technology now decides goals, penalties and offsides in top football le...
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How Rockets Reach Orbit: Speed, Stages and Why Space Is Hard
Space is only about 100 km up, a short drive horizontally. So why do rockets need to be so enormous? The answer is that reaching space is ea...
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How Chandrayaan-3 Landed on the Moon: The Engineering of a Soft Landing
On 23 August 2023, ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram touched down near the Moon's south polar region, making India the first countr...
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How AI Image Generators Turn Words Into Pictures
Type "a red double-decker bus on a rainy Mumbai street at night" and seconds later you have a detailed picture that never existed....