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Why Do Some People Experience More Vaccine Side Effects Than Others?

Amelia Calderbank, Runcorn

Nature's Weirdest Creatures

The tarsier

Conquering The Underground Everest

The Dark Star cave system in a remote corner of Uzbekistan might one day be crowned the ‘world’s deepest cave’. Hidden inside the subterranean labyrinth lie geological time capsules that hold the secret to Earth’s past and future climate…

Could A Cosmic Lasso Divert Extinction-Level Asteroids?

IN 2013, A METEOR EXPLODED 22.5 KM (14 MILES) above Chelyabinsk, Russia, knocking out windows across 500 km2 and injuring more than 1 600 people. It was a wake-up call for astronomers to help defend Earth from more potentially hazardous asteroids.

‘Mad Mike' Hughes Rejected Science And Chased Fame. It Killed Him.

The Mojave Desert had cast its spell over ‘Mad Mike’ Hughes the night he thought to fly to the edge of space.

Know Your Heart Rate

With a few simple calculations, you can easily figure out how healthy your heart is

The Truth Is Out There

Bellingcat’s founder Eliot Higgins talks about why people need an intelligence agency, how internet investigations work and how we can fight misinformation

Privacy: Can We Protect Future Generations?

In 1989, while tinkering with a system to share scientific notes, a 34-year-old CERN scientist named Tim Berners-Lee invented something that would change everything.

How Does Memory Work?

Some things seem to stick while others don’t – what’s happening?

Has Our Behaviour Changed During The Course Of The Pandemic?

There’s no doubt that the introduction of new rules and regulations has had an impact on our actions over the past year. But what are the factors at play when it comes to getting the public to protect each other?

On The Origin Of Us

Palaeoproteomics, a new technology that studies the proteins of ancient remains, is shaking up history. Not only can we now peer further back in time, but the technique is also letting us see our past in a new way…

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of Cheese

When milk and microbes come together, there’s no doubt something wonderful happens. We asked a food scientist how a choreography of chemistry, biology and psychology make cheese the ultimate food

Endangered Elephants Tracked From Space By Artificial Intelligence

The world-first study opens the door to more effective methods of monitoring the movements of endangered species

It's A Slug's Game

Sea slugs sport some of nature’s most unreal adaptations, including solar-powered skin and disposable penises. Welcome to their weird world…

Beat The Burnout

How science can help you get the better of pandemic fatigue

Why Is There A Hurricane Season?

What causes hurricanes?

Diners Enjoy World's First Restaurant Meal Made From Lab-Grown Meat

Singapore-based restaurant served up real chicken that didn’t require the slaughter of any animals, paving the way for new ideas about how we eat meat

Inside The World's First Airport For Drones And Flying Cars

Plans to build the world’s first off-grid transport hub for drones and air taxis have just received government funding in the UK. The Urban AirPort, located in Coventry, will offer flying electric vehicles a place to charge and load up. The project aims to lay the groundwork for a web of transport hubs that could provide a green, clean remedy to cities’ groaning infrastructure…

The Coronavirus Vaccine: Is It Safe?

Alongside wild conspiracy theories, many people have raised doubts over approved COVID-19 vaccines. Is their dose of scepticism well-founded?

NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Lands Safely On Red Planet

The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars. Packed with groundbreaking technology, the Mars 2020 mission launched 30 July 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Perseverance rover mission marks an ambitious first step in the effort to collect Mars samples and return them to Earth.

The Orion Spacecraft Is Ready For Its Moon Mission

On 14 January the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission was officially transferred to the space agency’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team responsible for processing Orion for its launch later this year.

THE SEE-THROUGH ZOO

Welcome to a menagerie of transparency

NEW WORLD ORDER

In 1993, the internet was brought to the masses, changing the online world forever. Now, COVID-19 will transform our virtual lives again

MIT RESEARCHERS CREATE WEARABLE DEVICE THAT CAN INFLUENCE THE CONTENT OF DREAMS

The technology, created by biomedical engineers Adam Haar Horowitz and Tomás Vega, could be used for further experiments into how dreams impact emotion, creativity, and memory

HINDSIGHT IS 2020

It was an annus horribilis for almost everybody last year, but there were some bright spots. Here are 10 events it’d be lovely to leave behind for good, and 10 that might give us hope for the future…

How To Sit

Stiff as a board, or slouched like a sloth? Pull up a chair and take the weight off your feet, as back pain researcher Dr Kieran O’Sullivan explains

Face Masks: Are They Changing How We Behave?

Wearing face masks could affect how we communicate

EYES ON THE SKY

Earth-bound telescopes are transforming our understanding of the universe. But we think they look pretty out-of-this-world too…

A learning curve

There’s nothing like a nationwide school closure to help you recognise the valuable work that teachers do, every single day

An Ocean Of Mysteries

Earth’s biggest habitat is also the one that we know the least about. Now, a new wave of innovators are engineering the technology that will help us find out more. Here’s what they are discovering…