Scientists have taught a piece of material to play the game Pong, they say, in a major breakthrough. A simple hydrogel – a soft, flexible material – was able to play the game and learn so that ...

The "African blob," a crystallized magma mass 100 times taller than Mount Everest, played a crucial role. Its dense material was displaced by low-density magma plumes, creating the gravity anomaly.

“In line with obligations in the civil service code, this material has been passed to the ... ‘a compliant tool of the blob’.” Johnson is the latest high-profile Conservative to clash ...