Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid have been lined up to take on one of the most high-profile projects on earth – the redevelopment of Mecca
"According to sources, the scheme for Islam's holiest city could create a huge new structure around the central Haram mosque that will eventually be capable of holding three million people, making it the 'highest occupancy' building in the world."

Rob Spence, a 36-year-old Canadian filmmaker, works with a wearable-computing expert to get a wireless video camera fitted in his prosthetic right eye. It won't restore his vision but it will help him record the world around him as he sees it.

Paul Glen says that fear of layoffs is a de-motivator for creative problem-solvers like those in IT.

The ancient climate change on Mars was caused by regular variation in the planet's tilt, or obliquity, according to new research. On Earth, similar "astronomical forcing" of climate drives ice-age cycles.