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Today's featured article

Happy little girl under a Christmas tree

The ghost of Christmas future

Professional futurologist Ian Pearson delivers a forecast on what ‘Xmas’ will be like 12 years from now, while the E&T editors imagine what it will be like waking up on the day in 2020.

Latest articles

  • On the twelfth day of Christmas

    With the festive season now upon us E&T takes a look at what researchers around the world have gifted us this year.

  • The turkey's answer to oil

    America’s turkeys now have something else to fear on top of Thanksgiving and Christmas.

  • Tomorrow’s teardown

    What will portable wireless devices look like in the future? E&T looks into his high-technology crystal ball.

  • Stages of automation

    The next time you visit the theatre, the scenery and performers you see flying from wing to wing may be under the control of a technology that started life a few years ago in the manufacturing and process industries. E&T raises the curtain on theatrical automation.

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Latest news


Dragon Runner robot

QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group has launched its new Dragon Runner Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV)


New wind blade research facility

A new research facility in Denmark will allow scientists to experiment with different physical loads on wind turbine blades to develop larger and stronger blades.



Britain faces manufacturing blight 'to match 1980s'

New research suggests that 90,000 UK manufacturing jobs will be lost next year


Immigration figures mean mixed news for UK jobs

Official figures released last week show that the number of central and eastern European migrants from the so-called A8 accession countries registering to work in the UK is running at a three year low.


Latest issue

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E&T considers what Christmas 2020 will be like, given suitable engineering and technological advances. Also, the role of the turkey in oil production; the control and automation features of the theatre; how to be a better manager and many more features. Plus industry news, sector-specific articles and regular columns.


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Features

  • Earth rise seen from the moon

    Analysis: Asian Moon

    E&T ponders whether simultaneous lunar missions by three Asian nations are signs of a new space race or just coincidence.

  • Jack's Christmas wishes

    Jack’s blog

    In the latest update to his blog, Jack relates how he and his sisters have swapped roles with his engineer parents in the run up to Christmas.

Special reports

Our special reports pull together stories, features and news on key topics of interest.