The power of thermite

Spontaneous. Human. Combustion. These three words – and their translated equivalencies – are found and accepted individually without consternation in every firefighter’s vocabulary and training. Darin

An old-fashioned hardback book often still beats the internet, doesn’t it? When you can get hold of one. Right now, there’s one, in a package with my name on it, stuck somewhere between a second-hand

Spontaneous human combustion is one of those alleged fortean phenomena that despite being roundly damned by professional sceptics such as the late Joe Nickell (whose obituary will follow in a future i

Human life is facing one of the biggest challenges in its history. Rampant climate change, driven by industrial activity, threatens our entire civilisation. The destabilised currents, intensifying hea

Amazing answers to your curious questions

The global electricity grid is expanding fast, says Ole Hansen of Saxo Bank. Copper – “the world’s most efficient and versatile industrial conductor” – lies at the centre of a commodities megatrend fu