Elderly man keeps almost 200 rats as pets, infuriating neighbours

Imagine yourself in a pet-hoarders situation, only worse because instead of hoarding cats or dogs, your neighbour has almost 200 rats as pets. This is the case for the neighbours of a 72-year-old Chinese man from Chongqing, China, who goes by the surname Zhou. A retired chemical plant worker, Zhou is keeper to 170 rodents […]

Drayson Technologies raises £8M for RF energy harvesting tech aimed at IoT devices and wearables

 There’s no such thing as a free lunch or free energy, right? Not necessarily. Drayson Technologies, the London startup founded by Lord Paul Drayson, a very successful serial entrepreneur and former U.K. government science minister, is commercialising technology that harvests energy from radio frequency (RF) signals to potentially power a range of low-consumption devices. These […]

Meet the 20-year-old girl who may be India’s youngest pilot

This June, three women will make history by becoming the country’s first female fighter pilots. In Mumbai, 20-year-old Ayesha Aziz has also broken a glass ceiling in the profession by becoming one of the youngest pilots in India. See also: These three women will become India’s first female fighter pilots in June Driven by her […]