Fizzy milk could be about to hit supermarket shelves with one of the UK's biggest milk producers planning to make it the next big drinks trend. Arla, a diary company owned by 12,500 famers, has said a "sparkling fruit and milk" drink will be trialled in the UK, Singapore and the UAE before being rolled out across the world. It comes as millions of consumers are ditching cow's milk for non-dairy milks like almond and coconut, leaving milk producers desperate for business. on 25 Sep 2017

Today is the fall equinox, aka the autumnal equinox. It is the first official day of autumn where daytime and nighttime are approximately the same lengths. There are two equinoxes every year – in September and March – when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly the same. The one in March is known as the spring, or vernal, equinox, and marks the beginning of spring. on 22 Sep 2017

A group of researchers at Columbia University have gotten us a step closer to the robots in our imaginations. The 3-D-printed muscle meant for soft, fleshy robots can lift 1,000 times its own weight and exert three times more force than human muscles. “We’ve been making great strides toward making robot minds, but robot bodies are still primitive,” Hod Lipson, a mechanical engineering professor at Columbia University, said in a release. “This is a big piece of the puzzle.” on 21 Sep 2017