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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

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Armoured droplets

Technology

Armoured liquid droplets make mini disco balls, letters and shapes

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Clarkes three laws

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Clarke's three laws

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Technology

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

Culture

Electromagnetic sphere

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The scientific method

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The scientific method

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Pseudoscience

Sugar

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Sugar

Mary Somerville

People in Science

Mary Somerville

Marie Paulze Lavoisier with her husband Antoine

People in Science

Marie Paulze Lavoisier

French chemist and noblewoman

Godzilla: King of the Monsters reveals our obsession with radiation

Culture

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Second law of thermodynamics

Health

Oozing white mucus from giant salamanders makes excellent medical glue

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