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Terraforming Mars with strange silica blanket could let plants thrive

Space

Terraforming Mars with strange silica blanket could let plants thrive

Mars’s surface is not suitable for life because of its low temperatures and constant radiation bombardment, but just a few centimetres of aerogel could fix that

News

An artificial limb is driven by two fiber-based muscles actuated via a heat gun.

Technology

Superstrong artificial muscle can lift 1000 times its own weight

News

Green Film Festival

Humans

Don't miss: Green films, rare plants and a cosmos tour

Culture

Astronaut on Moon

Space

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

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

Definition

Clarke's three laws

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Technology

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

Culture

Bread

Environment

Packaging-free shops may tackle plastic but risk increasing food waste

Shops that let you bring your own containers aim to tackle the plastic packaging scourge, but they may not be the perfect solution

Insight

Technology

A solar panel that unfolds in sunlight could power spacecraft

News

Technology

Shatterproof phone screens could be made from seashell-like glass

News

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

Culture

Definition

The scientific method

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