How the world turned electric

It’s one of the most basic concepts in physics, governing the behaviour of everything from subatomic particles to galaxies

CONSIDER FOR A moment, as we are pressured into adopting zero-emissions vehicles and the ban on the sale of fossil-fuelled vehicles becomes imminent, that Britain, in public transport at least, was on

Because motorcycle engineering is beautiful

PHILIP HAIGH works his way through a new book on the history of railway electrification in Britain, and considers how history could be repeating itself

How the top-secret Manhattan Project saw the invention of the atomic bomb, which culminated in the end of one war and the beginning of another

With growing demand and dwindling resources, there’s only one direction fuel bills are going. But soon we could have power stations in our gardens