why the world is obsessed with sending objects into orbit
Beyond the race for scientific, commercial and military purposes, there is another space race of…
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what we learnt from black mambas
Black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis) are Africa’s longest, most famous venomous snakes. Despite their fearsome reputation,…
Ongoing rise: house prices and rents climb further – News articles
In the second quarter of 2025, house prices in the EU rose by 5.4% while…
Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment
The adage goes “like mother like daughter,” and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer…
Appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury: 3 October 2025
The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah…
fig wasps try to balance sex ratios for survival but they can get it wrong
Television nature programmes and scientific papers tend to celebrate the perfection of evolved traits. But…
Australia’s new food security strategy: what’s on the table, and what’s missing?
Dan Meyers/Unsplash In 2023, a parliamentary inquiry into food security was held in Australia. This…
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
A customer at a sports bar near Boston’s Fenway Park looks at the mobile betting…
Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus
Brown dwarfs: too small to be stars, too big to be planets. Only discovered in…
UN Human Rights Council 60: UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Independent Expert on the Human Rights Situation in Somalia
Thank you, Madame Vice President, Let me thank the Independent Expert. We are grateful for…