Digg - What the Internet is talking about right now http://digg.com/source/bbc.com Fri, 24 May 2013 02:40:05 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:40:05 +0000 15 More than half the world’s population are concentrated in urban areas, and this is having an effect not just culturally, but biologically too. And advances in technology are adding an entirely new dimension to people’s lives. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130516-how-city-life-is-changing-us http://on.digg.com/13rSFbd Fri, 17 May 2013 12:33:39 +0000 While the world economy languishes, paintings and sculpture continue to command dizzying prices. Georgina Adam explains how competitive billionaires, new wealth and the fashions of the super-rich keep values sky high. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130417-why-is-art-so-expensive http://on.digg.com/1013LaE Sat, 04 May 2013 14:40:27 +0000 There’s less and less time to grab a meal nowadays. But is food on the run bad for your digestion? To find out, enter the world of the competitive speed eaters. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130502-is-eating-on-the-run-bad-for-you http://on.digg.com/16rh4DL Thu, 02 May 2013 11:22:29 +0000 The NASA driver who has clocked up most miles on the Red Planet reveals what it’s really like to be behind the wheel of a space rover. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130501-getting-stuck-in-a-rut-on-mars http://on.digg.com/15ZPn56 Thu, 02 May 2013 04:09:24 +0000 Nasa's Ladee mission is part of a resurgence of interest in the Moon and it is all down to the fact that we barely understand our cosmic neighbor. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130411-solving-a-moon-mystery http://on.digg.com/17dltpV Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:46:09 +0000 The world’s “first decentralised digital currency” promises financial salvation, but what is it and can it really deliver? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130412-bitcoin-and-the-illusion-of-money http://on.digg.com/Zen6TK Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:41:11 +0000 There’s tantalizing evidence that technology could one day allow us to transmit thoughts telepathically between two brains. The question is how far can we go? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130404-will-we-ever-read-minds http://on.digg.com/10DkjQU Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:14:08 +0000 Truth is stranger than fiction when it comes to the extraordinary abilities of parasites to hijack other creatures minds... including our own. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130328-the-mind-bending-enemy-within http://on.digg.com/XgzmVi Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:26:06 +0000 Take a behind the scenes tour of the US space agency's unmanned aerial vehicle program. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130322-inside-nasas-hurricane-drone-lab http://on.digg.com/YBp2SK Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:20:38 +0000 Margaret Thatcher did it. So did Salvador Dali. They survived the day with only a few hours of sleep. The question is whether you can force yourself to do the same. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130320-can-you-get-by-on-less-sleep http://on.digg.com/ZVvXXb Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:56:35 +0000 Could a spongy musical instrument hold the future of computer interaction? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130314-qwerty-time-for-a-rethink http://on.digg.com/10VUVeX Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:01:14 +0000 The Pentagon's growing interest in the brain for everything from mind-controlled vehicles to advanced prosthetics. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130311-ten-military-mind-experiments http://on.digg.com/YVBdMf Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:19:10 +0000 Whatever happens to us, something of our legacy will remain – if not on Earth then in space. Around 36,000 km (22,000 miles) above the planet, the long-dead Echostar XVI satellite will continue to orbit, a memorial to humanity. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130301-postcards-for-aliens http://on.digg.com/12mRqiF Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:55:53 +0000 Humans may look down upon certain sexual interests as odd or gross, though chances are that animals indulge in a spot of similar behaviour too. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130221-the-wilder-side-of-sex http://on.digg.com/VAAWyo Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:22:40 +0000 A report suggests that there should be 91 deaths every year from asteroid strikes, but what are the chances of that actually happening? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120222-waiting-for-a-rock-to-fall http://on.digg.com/zYPmGb Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:44:30 +0000 If you think the most vulnerable regions are autocratic regimes or civil war zones, think again. Many countries or regions are at severe risk of disconnection. Here's why. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130214-the-internets-weakest-links http://on.digg.com/12OciP4 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:09:20 +0000 It’s not simply because they are annoying, it’s because they trigger a deep-seated rage within us by breaking the moral order of the road. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130212-why-you-really-hate-cyclists http://on.digg.com/VRTVS1 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:37:14 +0000 An Asian airline has launched a child-free seating section on its routes. But will seven rows without children really make for a quiet, restful trip? http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20130211-air-asia-x-launches-child-free-seating http://on.digg.com/12q6yX0 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:39:52 +0000 By the middle of this century, a large chunk of the United States’ nuclear arsenal could be located on a doomsday subway system, where unmanned cars move back and forth on a single track, prepared to launch at a moment’s notice. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130201-roll-forward-the-doomsday-train http://on.digg.com/Umur48 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:01:24 +0000 Inside a laboratory in California, space engineers are designing a new generation of rover... and they look like nothing you have seen before. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130201-nasas-crazy-robot-lab http://on.digg.com/VICzsu Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:20:33 +0000