For many people, the thought of a drone will bring about ideas of young people getting a small flying device for Christmas, using it to film their house from above or to fly around the living room terrorising grandma. Those that have watched recent films from the likes of Michael Bay will soon have realised

The words ‘self-eating’ might well sound like something from a horror movie, but the truth is that it might well be more suited to sci-fi films in the future. Scientists have developed what is being labelled as ‘self-digesting plastic’, with the idea being that it will help to reduce pollution in the long-term. This, of