Using the heat from the Earth's interior to generate electricity is known as the creation of geothermal power, and in the examples featuring 2000-metre boreholes, it's correctly believed to be a fairly recent development. In some places however, the energy…

Where the North Sea meets the Baltic Sea1, there's Grenen2; a spectacularly unspectacular sandbank at the northern end of Jutland, the continental part of Denmark. The form and position of the sandbank's tip can vary considerably over short periods of…

New writer: Cédric Cédric lives in Germany where he works for the science and education department of one of Germany's regional public radio and TV stations. He has a life-long project to see the world, especially by train. The invention…