Hungary Nicholas Negroponte: 'internet is like roads and street lighting' Professor Nicholas Negroponte believes the internet should be free for everyone to use, like roads and street lighting. Considered a true visionary 17/11/2015
science Bart Knols: Waging war on mosquitoes Bart Knols has declared war on mosquitoes, armed with nothing more than plastic tubes and fine netting, and steely determination. The Dutchman and 06/07/2015
USA Solar Impulse completes record flight across Pacific A solar powered plane has successfully completed a record-breaking five-day nonstop solo flight across the Pacific Ocean. The Solar Impulse is the 03/07/2015
space Solar sail tests Sagan’s dream of flying with Sun’s photons A shoe-box sized spacecraft launched today to test a solar sail, a unique technology championed by famous astronomer Carl Sagan. The spacecraft 20/05/2015
science Capricorn One becomes reality: recreating Mars in a Utah desert The surface of Mars as photographed by the American rover Curiosity shows a diverse topography and terrain. Meteorite craters dot the surface 12/05/2015
science Alain Hubert: “It’s not that cold, the average is about -20C” When you are a polar explorer, you have a different set of reference points for good weather and bad. As we prepare to start recording our Skype chat 27/02/2015
science Jean Troillet: ‘I’m not interested in an easy life’ Swiss adventurer Jean Troillet has made exploration and discovery part of his everyday life, and revels in the chance to share the photos and videos 19/12/2014
le mag Globe-trotting artist exhibits work in Moscow Russian artist and world-famous explorer Fyodor Konyukhov has set up camp at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art for a unique exhibition of his works 15/12/2014
science Laura Robinson: Deep ocean explorer When Dr Laura Robinson and her team set off from Tenerife to Trinidad on a scientific expedition, they could guarantee that they would see parts of 15/12/2014
science Bloodhound SSC team start desert tests The Bloodhound SSC team has begun testing in the South African desert in preparation for the car’s first attempt at the world land speed record in 07/11/2014
science Jeremy Curl: Seeking prehistoric art in the Sahara Jeremy Curl has just returned to Europe after an epic voyage on foot through the Sahara desert in search of prehistoric art. The Anglo-Irish explorer 21/10/2014
science Anders Sandberg : Explorer of the mind Not all explorers are hearty outdoors fanatics with a penchant for wild places and uncharted lands. Some, instead, are explorers of the intangible 21/10/2014
science Divers use super-suit to recover ancient Greek treasures “Back to Antikythera” is the new marine research project organized by The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in Massachusetts, in partnership 20/10/2014
science Alex Bellini: ‘I’m going to live on an iceberg until it melts’ Italian adventurer Alex Bellini is going to live on an iceberg until it melts in one of the most unusual expeditions of modern times. He spoke to 19/09/2014
science Caver Francesco Sauro explores mysterious Tepui table mountains Francesco Sauro is a modern day cave man, a daring speleologist who is never happier than when he’s deep underground exploring a new cave system 01/08/2014
Austria Felix Baumgartner: The man who fell to Earth Interview Felix Baumgartner is the world’s most famous skydiver, a daring athlete and explorer of the extreme who jumped to Earth from the edge of 11/07/2014
science Interview : ‘Polar adventurer Sarah McNair Landry’ Interview Sarah McNair Landry is a modern day polar adventurer and film-maker. At age 18 she became the youngest person ever to ski to the South 01/07/2014
hi-tech Space balloon trips move closer In the US, World View Enterprises says it is a step closer to launching commercial balloon flights to the edge of space, having made a test flight to 30/06/2014
hi-tech Helping humanoids to help humans Opinion Giorgio Metta is an explorer in the field of humanoid robotics. The Italian professor is best known for developing the iCub robot platform 27/06/2014
science Exploring space will unlock the secrets of our planet Opinion – Jon McBride, former astronaut Jon McBride, former astronaut and ambassador for Kennedy Space Center It’s been thirty years since my 03/06/2014
hi-tech Eco-marathon: extreme energy efficiency on the road The Shell Eco-marathon in Rotterdam challenges student teams from around the world to design, build and test ultra energy-efficient vehicles. This 20/05/2014
science What will we discover when we switch the LHC back on? Opinion – Sarah Charley, Fermilab/CERN science writer Some of the greatest Explorers of our time spend their lives focused around a giant underground 13/05/2014
space Time, toilets and tomatoes: Lucie looks back at ‘life on Mars’ Keeping track of time is one of the biggest challenges that French space scientist Lucie Poulet encountered during her four month adventure living 24/04/2014
science Solar Impulse unveil new round-the-world solar aircraft A new solar-aircraft which is capable of flying around the world fuelled only by the Sun has been unveiled in Switzerland. Solar Impulse 2 has huge 09/04/2014
science What can you hear down there? The Ocean's answer to Google Earth Marine life is increasingly suffering from man-made noise pollution, a situtation that is set to get worse in the years to come with the growth of 08/04/2014
science ITER: How a new star will be born The ITER project is truly at the frontier of knowledge, a collective effort to explore the tantalising future of free, clean and inexhaustible energy 04/04/2014
