CommentLonger life, flying, mind-bending drugs: Dreams that science made real Robert Boyle's 17th-century wish list of innovations shows the world-changing power of basic research – and why we must invest more in it, says historian David CannadineComment
TechnologyTall twisting tower is made from wood that shapes itself as it dries A method that uses wood’s tendency to swell and shrink in response to moisture has been used to make a large twisting tower in Germany 51¶¯Âþ