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artist's impression of the future Hinkley point nuclear plant

Earth

Why Hinkley Point is a nuclear folly of Titanic proportions

The French firm EDF has approved plans for a massive nuclear reactor in the UK, but the UK government is hesitating. Let’s hope it scuppers the project, says Michael Le Page

Analysis

Robert Byer

Space

How lasers found gravitational waves – and could hunt for aliens

Features

A Sympetrum striolatum dragonfly

Technology

Dragonfly wings can track radiation doses after a nuclear mishap

News

Artwork of an asteroid zooming away from us with lots of cogs and engine parts attached to its backside

Space

Our top 5 wacky NASA missions that might just happen

News

A new power plant is planned for Hinkley in Somerset

Earth

Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?

Comment

Scientist Inside A Fusion Reactor

Technology

New alloys could lead to next generation of nuke plant metals

News

Fukishima fishing

Humans

How two dead power stations fuel the art of catastrophe

CultureLab

Disused building in Pripyat

Earth

Wildlife heaven or nuclear hell: Chernobyl’s future up for grabs

News

Technology

Underwater drones may make hiding a nuclear missile sub harder

Comment

Abbas Edalat

Technology

End of tough sanctions will mean the revival of Iranian science

For decades, Iran's researchers had to work largely cut off from the rest of the world. Now they can bring the nation's science back to the international stage, says Abbas Edalat

Opinion

Earth

Test-driving the hydrogen car that makes a little go a long way

News

Physics

Making antimatter matter: A particle that could be both at once

Features

Technology

First flight of hydrogen-powered drone with water vapour exhaust

News

Physics

Does Germany's nuclear waste headache warrant a global fix?

Leader