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Science
Building telescopes on the Moon could transform astronomy – and it’s becoming an achievable goal
Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organised by...
Humans weren’t the first engineers, doctors and farmers – bacteria, plants and animals have lots to teach us
Life existed without human beings for more than 99.9% of Earth’s history. Yet we...
Climate change: multi-country media analysis shows scepticism of the basic science is dying out
Any regular viewer of BBC’s Question Time could be forgiven for thinking that old-fashioned...
How soils changed life on Earth
For the first 4 billion years of Earth’s existence, its continents were dusty, barren...
‘Effective altruism’ has caught on with billionaire donors – but is the world’s most headline-making one on board?
One of the ways tech billionaire Elon Musk attracts supporters is the vision he...
Endometriosis: how the condition may be linked to the immune system
Endometriosis is a debilitating condition which affects 10% of women worldwide
Wooded grasslands flourished in Africa 21 million years ago – new research forces a rethink of ape evolution
Human evolution is tightly connected to the environment and landscape of Africa,...
Venn: the man behind the famous diagrams – and why his work still matters today
April 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of mathematician and philosopher...
Risk of heart disease lower when obesity is due to genetics rather than lifestyle – new research
It’s well known that a high body mass index (BMI) has negative effects on our health,...
Great Mysteries of Physics: do we really need a theory of everything?
Finding a theory of everything – explaining all the forces and particles in the...
Jupiter’s moons hide giant subsurface oceans – two upcoming missions are sending spacecraft to see if these moons could support life
On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying...
Astronomers used machine learning to mine data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope: what they found
New telescopes with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution are being unveiled...
One way to speed up clinical trials: Skip right to the data with electronic medical records
Scientific knowledge, as measured by numbers of papers published, has been estimated...
Astronauts are returning to the Moon, but they won’t be repeating the Apollo missions
If all goes to plan, sometime in November 2024, NASA’s newly announced Artemis II...
The man in the monkey nut coat: how a 1940s scientist made ‘vegan wool’ from peanuts
Woollen clothing has been around for as long as humans have been wearing clothes...
Great Mysteries of Physics: will we ever have a fundamental theory of life and consciousness?
What’s the difference between a living collection of matter, such as a tortoise,...