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How to spot Haumea, one of the solar system's strangest objects

How to spot Haumea, one of the solar system's strangest...

Apr 13, 2025 0

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an...

Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven

Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven

Apr 12, 2025 0

Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published...

Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s climate research

Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s climat...

Apr 12, 2025 0

Proposed cuts would wipe out NOAA’s Ocean and Atmospheric Research office among ...

US military launches initiative to find the best quantum computer

US military launches initiative to find the best quantu...

Apr 12, 2025 0

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to know which of ...

Bronze naval ram from Roman battle recreated using ancient techniques

Bronze naval ram from Roman battle recreated using anci...

Apr 11, 2025 0

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a...

Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intel...

Apr 11, 2025 0

The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read f...

Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landfill emissions

Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landfill e...

Apr 11, 2025 0

Bioreactors housing methane-eating bacteria could offer a portable, off-grid sol...

Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s ti...

Apr 11, 2025 0

In this extract from the classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the ...

Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with ou...

Apr 11, 2025 0

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the book club’s thoughts on our latest rea...

Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a “great gaudy intellectual toy"

Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a “great gaudy intel...

Apr 11, 2025 0

The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read f...

Dolphins are dying from toxic chemicals banned since the 1980s

Dolphins are dying from toxic chemicals banned since th...

Apr 11, 2025 0

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are commonly found in the bodies of short-beake...

A political take on cancer provides a tough but much-needed analysis

A political take on cancer provides a tough but much-ne...

Apr 11, 2025 0

Nafis Hasan's Metastasis is a deep dive into the economics and politics of cance...

Artist brings data to life in striking screen prints

Artist brings data to life in striking screen prints

Apr 11, 2025 0

With a background in maths and design, Rebecca Kaya uses data to make sense of t...

Inside the hunt for unknown minerals in super-deep diamonds

Inside the hunt for unknown minerals in super-deep diam...

Apr 11, 2025 0

Diamonds formed in Earth’s lower mantle contain tiny flecks of minerals that are...

Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s getting fatter

Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s gettin...

Apr 10, 2025 0

Schrödinger called his metaphorical cat “quite ridiculous” but the quantum weird...

The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues

The evolution of easier births means slower walking and...

Apr 10, 2025 0

Wider hips may make childbirth easier, but increase the risk of other health issues

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