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Science
Osiris-Rex: Nasa reveals evidence of water and carbon in sample delivered to Earth from an asteroid
On September 24 this year, a Nasa capsule parachuted down to Earth carrying a precious...
How animal traits have shaped the journey of species across the globe
The devastating tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011 set off a series of events...
Starlink satellites are ‘leaking’ signals that interfere with our most sensitive radio telescopes
When I was a child in the 1970s, seeing a satellite pass overhead in the night sky...
Nasa’s Psyche mission is set for launch – here’s how it could unveil the interior secrets of planets
It’s unlikely to be a bad omen, but Nasa’s mission Psyche is currently due to launch...
Comets 101 − everything you need to know about the snow cones of space
When you hear the word comet, you might imagine a bright streak moving across the...
Your immune system makes its own antiviral drug − and it’s likely one of the most ancient
Antiviral drugs are generally considered to be a 20th century invention. But recent...
I’m a microbiologist and here’s what (and where) I never eat
Every year, around 2.4 million people in the UK get food poisoning – mostly from...
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for ‘quantum dot’ technology that gave us today’s high definition TVs
The 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio for the discovery and...
Jellyfish: our complex relationship with the oceans’ anti-heroes
Ding! The courier hands me an unassuming brown box with “live animals” plastered...
How a disgruntled scientist looking to prove his food wasn’t fresh discovered radioactive tracers and won a Nobel Prize 80 years ago
Each October, the Nobel Prizes celebrate a handful of groundbreaking scientific...
Cell death is essential to your health − an immunologist explains when cells decide to die with a bang or take their quiet leave
Living cells work better than dying cells, right? However, this is not always the...
What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research
A group of three researchers earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for work that...
Making ‘movies’ at the attosecond scale helps researchers better understand electrons − and could one day lead to super-fast electronics
Electrons moving around in a molecule might not seem like the plot of an interesting...
Quantum dots are part of a revolution in engineering atoms in useful ways – Nobel Prize for chemistry recognizes the power of nanotechnology
The 2023 Nobel Prize for chemistry isn’t the first Nobel awarded for research in...
How dormant plant traits could be reawakened to unlock fertiliser-free farming
Plants are among the most intrepid explorers on Earth. Roughly 460 million years...
Mercury: shrinking planet is still getting smaller – new research
Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions...