Communication15 Oct 2024The deep-sea repair crews that fix the internetNinety-nine percent of the world's digital communications rely on subsea cables. Fixing them keeps us all connected – and has changed our understanding of the ocean.15 Oct 2024Future7 Aug 2024How your phone can detect earthquakesFifty years since the first mobile phone call, the technology we carry around in our pocket is helping to create the world's biggest earthquake detection system.7 Aug 2024Future8 Apr 2023How your phone can check your heartMobile phones have come a long way since the first ever cellphone call 50 years ago – they can even be used to help diagnose your health.8 Apr 2023Future3 Apr 2023Are mobile phones altering our brains?The handheld cellphone is 50 years old and has become an essential multi-tool that helps us run our lives. But is it altering the way our brains work?3 Apr 2023Future3 Apr 2023A 50-year evolution of the mobile phoneThe first ever call made with a mobile phone was a conversation 50 years ago. Since then, the devices have found some unexpected uses.3 Apr 2023Future24 Feb 2022What is killing smartphones?What drains a smartphone battery so quickly... and what can be done about it?24 Feb 2022Future6 Sep 2021How Covid-19 could end the faxMajor backlogs in processing patient data during the pandemic are forcing the healthcare sector to reassess its relationship with fax machines.6 Sep 2021Future17 Jun 2021The clever folds to keep letters secretHundreds of years ago, people developed ingenious methods to secure their letters from prying eyes – and they did it with only paper, adhesive and folds.17 Jun 2021Future8 Jun 2020How to write emails in a pandemicEnding an email with ‘All the best’ or ‘Regards’ seems too detached right now. What can we say that seems genuine and compassionate?8 Jun 2020Business