SpaceX aims to fix leaky toilets before astronauts blast off at weekend
Tube came unglued during SpaceX’s first private flight last month, spilling urine on to fans and beneath the floor SpaceX...
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Astronomers spot first possible exoplanet outside our galaxy
Saturn-sized planet candidate has been identified in Whirlpool Galaxy 28m light-years away A possible Saturn-sized planet identified in the distant...
David Frost says EU close to breaching Brexit deal over science programme
Minister ‘quite concerned’ about delay to finalising UK’s participation in €80bn Horizon Europe scheme A fresh Brexit row has been...
Archaeologists find ‘missing link’ in history of Fountains Abbey
Discovery of foundations of ‘industrial scale’ medieval tannery at abbey has astonished experts It is Britain’s biggest and most famous...
The last great mystery of the mind: meet the people who have unusual – or non-existent – inner voices
Does your internal monologue play out on a television, in an attic, as a bickering Italian couple – or is...
British scientists being ‘frozen out’ of EU research due to NI row, claims MP
Bill Cash says UK still not being made full member of Horizon Europe science programme linked to dispute over NI...
Mummy’s older than we thought: new find could rewrite history
Discovery of nobleman Khuwy shows that Egyptians were using advanced embalming methods 1,000 years before assumed date The ancient Egyptians...
Mystery of the environmental triggers for cancer deepens
Study shows that our knowledge of why tumours form is still inadequate Scientists will have to rethink how environmental triggers...
Nasa announces uncrewed flights around the Moon to begin in February 2022
The Orion capsule will be launched on the Space Launch System, paving the way for the resumption of people to...
How it feels to go into space: ‘More beautiful and dazzling and frightening than I ever imagined’
Chris Boshuizen was one of four astronauts – including William Shatner – who flew into space with Blue Origin. Here...
Ivory poaching has led to evolution of tuskless elephants, study finds
Researchers say findings in Mozambique demonstrate impact of human interference in nature Ivory poaching over decades has led to the...
How to retrain your frazzled brain and find your focus again
Are you finding it harder than ever to concentrate? Don’t panic: these simple exercises will help you get your attention...
Pinker’s progress: the celebrity scientist at the centre of the culture wars – podcast
How the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker became one of the world’s most contentious thinkers. By Alex Blasdel Continue reading... Read...
‘What a fool’: fellow actors criticise William Shatner’s space flight
Dame Joan Collins and Brian Cox unimpressed by historic trip, saying ‘let’s take care of this planet first’ The Star...
Largest triceratops ever unearthed sold for €6.6m at Paris auction
US collector ‘falls in love’ with 8-metre-long dinosaur found in South Dakota and reassembled in Italy An 8-metre-long dinosaur skeleton...
Who are Insulate Britain and what do they want?
For the past few months Insulate Britain have been blocking roads in an effort to pressure the government into sealing...
Solar storm confirms Vikings settled in North America exactly 1,000 years ago
Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before Columbus Long before Columbus crossed the...
Plantwatch: one of world’s rarest trees found near Welsh coast
Only 30 Menai whitebeam remain, all in a narrow strip of steep land in a nature reserve One of the...
Your green credentials may be linked to your genes, study says
Identical twins have more similar views on environmental issues than non-identical ones, research finds Some people are more environmentally conscious...
Jane Goodall on fires, floods, frugality and the good fight: ‘People have to change from within’
The climate emergency has been a wakeup call to everyone, and the ethologist and environmentalist is working as hard as...
Surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient
Researchers in US say trial on dead person is a ‘significant step’ toward animal-to-human organ transplants Surgeons have attached a...
‘Case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans
Trawl of 90,000 studies finds consensus, leading to call for Facebook and Twitter to curb disinformation The scientific consensus that...
Sharp-eyed diver finds crusader’s ancient sword on Israeli seabed
Metre-long relic, encrusted with marine organisms, is believed to be about 900 years old A sword believed to have belonged...
Earth’s demise could rid galaxy of meaning, warns Brian Cox ahead of Cop26
Unique events that led to civilisation mean its demise could ‘eliminate meaning in galaxy for ever’ Humans might be the...
Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past
Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest humans organised their societies – and hint at possibilities...
China denies report claiming it launched hypersonic missile
Beijing says FT report was inaccurate and that exercise was merely a test of reusable technology China has denied a...
Can you solve it? Hamiltonian ingenuity on the grid
Mental chicanery No, not that Hamilton. I meant William Rowan Hamilton, the nineteenth century Irish mathematician. And not that sort...
Starwatch: early risers can enjoy a Mercury morning
Copernicus never saw it, so the story goes, but here’s your chance to chase the elusive planet This coming week,...
Polygenic screening of embryos is here, but is it ethical?
The first child born using the technique arrived last year. But can it really help reduce diseases in a new...
Russian film crew return to Earth after shooting the first movie in space
Actor and director land safely in Kazakhstan after spending 12 days on the International Space Station shooting the first movie...
Well you would say that: the science behind our everyday biases
Covid has turned us into pandemic experts, all too ready to gainsay scientists and distorting our reasoning, but psychology can...
Nasa’s Lucy rockets into the sky with diamonds to explore asteroids
Spacecraft with name inspired by a skeleton and the Beatles, and with lab-grown gems, starts 12-year quest A Nasa spacecraft...
How did Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin fail to dominate the billionaire space race?
The company employs the world’s top engineers and has access to unlimited money but is plagued by safety concerns and...
‘Sensational’: skeleton buried in Vesuvius eruption found at Herculaneum
Archaeologists find remains of fugitive during first dig at site near Pompeii in almost three decades The partially mutilated remains...
AI and maths to play bigger role in global diplomacy, says expert
Professor of negotiation and conflict management says recent advances mean techniques will be used more International diplomacy has traditionally relied...
Prince William criticises space race and tourism’s new frontier
Duke of Cambridge says world’s greatest minds need to focus on trying to fix the Earth instead The Duke of...
Nasa prepares to launch Lucy mission to distant asteroids
Six-year voyage to Trojans could reveal vital information on history of solar system Nasa is gearing up to launch the...
What will happen after the sun dies? ‘Serendipitous’ discovery gives clues
A distant gas giant found orbiting a white dwarf star suggests outer planets in our solar system might survive the...
‘Sophisticated’: ancient faeces shows humans enjoyed beer and blue cheese 2,700 years ago
Austrian Alps salt miners had a ‘balanced diet’, with an analysis of bronze and iron age excrement finding the earliest...
William Shatner to blast off on Bezos rocket to become oldest person in space
Famed Star Trek actor, 90, set for real-life leap into the starsAmazon owner Bezos bids to dominate space tourism industry...
Drug trial offers new hope for those with metastatic breast cancer
Scientists are studying whether talazoparib could help treat those with incurable breast cancer Scientists have launched a new trial that...
Vagina lasering for postmenopausal women ‘may be placebo’
UK study suggests therapy for dryness, itching and pain should be used with caution, say experts An expensive laser treatment...
Nobel prize will have no gender or ethnicity quotas, academy head says
Only 59 Nobel prizes – or 6.2% of the total – have gone to women since their inception in 1901...
‘I think there’s life out there’: powerful radio antenna used for first time to find exoplanets
Australian scientists part of team using Low Frequency Array to detect signals indicating planets beyond our solar system Get our...
New treatment destroys head and neck cancer tumours in trial
Exclusive: combination of drugs causes tumours to vanish in some terminally ill patients, study finds A new cancer treatment can...
Starwatch: Jupiter and Saturn are joined by the moon
Weather permitting, it will be a good way to gauge how the moon moves and changes phase Jupiter and Saturn...
‘Lies and trauma’: donor-conceived adults are still haunted by their origins
Australia’s fertility industry has undergone seismic shifts in practice, but for those born before these changes, past mistakes feel firmly...
Capsule of 1765 air reveals ancient histories hidden under Antarctic ice
Polar Zero exhibition in Glasgow features sculpture encasing air extracted from start of Industrial Revolution An ampoule of Antarctic air...
‘Galactic Britain’: how Cornwall is winning the European space race
Following the publication of the National Space Strategy last week, photojournalist Jonny Weeks explores how the south-west is primed for...
Epigenetics, the misunderstood science that could shed new light on ageing
The study of the epigenome came with claims that trauma could be inherited, but now researchers are more excited about...
Nearly half of Britain’s biodiversity has gone since industrial revolution
Study shows UK has lost more biodiversity than any G7 country, and is in worst global 10% Almost half of...
How biodiversity loss is jeopardising the drugs of the future
From willow bark to mosquitoes, nature has been a source of vital medications for centuries. But species die-off caused by...
Can migraines be untangled by new medical thinking?
Dr Peter Goadsby’s pioneering work has changed our understanding of migraines. Eva Wiseman, who has endured them since she was...
New images from Mars will guide search for evidence of ancient life, says study
Pictures taken by Perseverance rover show how water helped shape planet’s landscape billions of years ago Images from Mars reveal...
Historic England to offer virtual flights over ancient landscapes
Aerial Archaeological Mapping Explorer will allow users to see landscapes from England’s past A digital aerial archaeology tool will allow...
Royal Society of Biology photography competition 2021 – in pictures
Highlights of the Royal Society of Biology’s photography competition 2021, from ants feasting on honeydew to zebras drinking in the...
Terrawatch: how climate change alters impact of volcanic eruptions
Cooling impact of very explosive eruptions could be amplified while moderate eruptions have less effect It’s well known that volcanic...
Scientists discover Welsh ‘dragon’ dinosaur – the size of a chicken
Pendraig milnerae was related to T rex and likely to have been apex predator despite its size, say experts A...
‘Genius dogs’ can learn names of more than 100 toys, study finds
Six canines, all border collies, have proved some possess a remarkable grasp of human language Your dog might follow commands...
Russian actor and director arrive at space station to make first film in orbit
Pair likely to beat Hollywood project announced by Tom Cruise, Nasa and Elon Musk’s SpaceX A Russian actor and director...
