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The sun catcher

25 July 2003

Take one Hollywood stuntman, a spacecraft and a death-defying helicopter chase and you have the makings of a great movie – or simply NASA's most daring mission yet. Hazel Muir bags a front-row seat

Uncharted territory

30 May 2003

Most robots get lost if asked to find their way around, but now there's a way for them to make sense of their surroundings, says Justin Mullins

A kinder, gentler killer

30 June 2000

Squawk, burble and pop

7 April 2000

Seek and destroy

4 December 1999

The naked aviator

26 July 1996

The creativity machine

20 January 1996

It writes music, invents soft drinks and dreams up hard materials. The man who built it points the way to immortality

Look no pilot

4 November 1995

In future, nations need not risk the lives of their aircrews or submariners to spy on hostile territory. Drones will do it for them

Seeing biology through Aristotle's eyes

20 February 1993

Unlike his physics, the great Greek philosopher's biology has stood the test of time, because it was based on detailed observation of nature