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Astronaut on Moon

Space

Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system

Moon rocks collected by the Apollo missions contain a pristine record of Earth's history. Reading it can teach us where best to look for habitable exoplanets

Features

Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

Space

Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

Features

Astronauts in mock cockpit

Space

Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon

Features

Armoured droplets

Technology

Armoured liquid droplets make mini disco balls, letters and shapes

News

Clarkes three laws

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Clarke's three laws

universe image

Technology

The best sci-fi books put humanity at the heart of their writing

Culture

box of veg

Health

Is organic food better for you? Here's the truth about the benefits

Comment

Patrick Brown of Impossible Foods

Environment

Impossible Foods boss says we should tax meat to boost veg-based diets

News

Electromagnetic sphere

Don't miss: ethereal artworks, haunted teens and a gift of tongues

Culture

The scientific method

Definition

The scientific method

The rules of science have never been set in stone, but its conventions are neatly summed up in the motto of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, which encapsulates the spirit of scientific enquiry

Definition

Pseudoscience

Definition

Sugar

Health

Vegetables as well as meat could spread superbugs into food chain

News

People in Science

Mary Somerville

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