Science & Space

Hatnefer's heart scarab: An exquisite ancient Egyptian ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was t...

NASA’s Don Pettit Shot 220 Days of Amazing Photos From ...

Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the ...

What's hiding under Antarctica's ice?

Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent by size, so what's hiding under its ma...

Why China is building a Starlink system of its own

When it is finished, Qianfan could number 14,000 satellites, rivalling Elon Musk...

Dreams of asteroid mining, orbital manufacturing and mu...

Ideas for making money in orbit that seemed mad in the 1960s now look sane

AI can bring back a person’s own voice

And it can generate sentences trained on their own writing

Academic writing is getting harder to read—the humaniti...

We analyse two centuries of scholarly work

Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why

Paradoxically, cleaner emissions from ships and power plants are playing a role

Humans and Neanderthals met often, but only one event m...

The mystery of exactly how people left Africa deepens

The 2025 full Flower Moon rises tonight: Here's how to ...

When and where to catch the 2025 full Flower Moon rise tonight (May 12).

Elon Musk is causing problems for the Royal Society

His continued membership has led to a high-profile resignation

Can anyone realistically challenge SpaceX’s launch supr...

And if its boss now tries to kill NASA’s own heavy lifter, will that matter?

Carbon emissions from tourism are rising disproportiona...

The industry is failing to make itself greener

Giving children the wrong (or not enough) toys may doom...

Survival is a case of child’s play

Why some doctors are reassessing hypnosis

There is growing evidence that it can help with pain, depression and more

New firefighting tech is being trialled in Sardinia’s a...

It could sniff out blazes long before they spread out of control

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