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Space

A mission to Alpha Centauri affirms humanity's faith in the future

Designing and building spacecraft that can traverse 4.3 light years in just two decades is an unprecedented challenge, but one well worth undertaking

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Environment

We have zero tolerance for unclean water. Air should be no different

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Health

It’s time to change our approach to 'psychosomatic' illness

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Space

NASA's method of paying for its giant rocket belongs in the Apollo era

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Matt Hancock

Technology

By all means back healthcare tech, but only once it is shown to work

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Space

Our most pressing space mission is to clear decades of orbiting junk

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Physics

Quantum theory might be flawed. That's a cause for celebration

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Humans

Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

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Technology

To avert environmental disaster, we need to return to the trees

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Space

At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

For nearly a decade the US has relied on Russia to get its astronauts into space. With the test of SpaceX's crew capsule, it looks set to bring launches home again soon

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Space

Space exploration needs minnows as much as superpowers

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Physics

The story of the most beautiful table in science is worth celebrating

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Environment

Hey Prime Minister, leave them climate protest kids alone

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Technology

We don't know the real impact of fake news and other disinformation

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