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Terraforming Mars: A giant leap too far?

June 17, 2019
Feature
SpaceX plans to send humans to Mars by 2024 and establish a Martian city by 2050 but how plausible is this? Here's why it's going to take a little more...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, In Depth, Physics
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Strife on Mars?

June 17, 2019
Insight
Mars may be the second-most hospitable planet in our solar system, but Martian conditions mean sustaining life there will be a huge challenge…
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Comment And Analysis, Physics
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Harnessing regional strengths

June 16, 2019
Insight
From distinctive strengths in transport innovation in the West Midlands to leadership in the life sciences in the Liverpool City Region, regions across the UK have demonstrated excellence in R&D.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Computational Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Geology, Health & Safety, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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Just play the game

June 10, 2019
Insight
Games have never been more popular – but can they really help in the teaching of science? You bet your last top-trump card say the two newest recruits to the...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Forensics, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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Supernova linked to human bipedalism

May 29, 2019
News
A supernova that occurred 8 million years ago has been linked to humans walking on two legs.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Quark founder and Nobel Prize winner passes away

May 28, 2019
News
US physicist Murray Gell-Mann, a leading figure in the creation of the Standard Model of particle physics, has passed away at the age of 89.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Brexit bomb

May 15, 2019
Insight
In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them feels to me worryingly like the first real casualty for...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Forensics, Geology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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NASA detects likely marsquake

April 24, 2019
News
Seismic activity has been detected on a planet other than Earth for the first time. NASA's InSight space lander detected faint activity from the interior of Mars on April 6,...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Titanic lakes filled with methane

April 18, 2019
News
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed that liquid lakes on Saturn’s largest moon are more than 300 feet deep and filled with methane. Radar measurements provide new details of...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Opening science or narrowing its base?

April 16, 2019
Feature
It may carry laudable ambition, but will Plan S damage science? From 2020, the scientific publishing plan could force you to pay-to-publish as well as threaten international collaborations and place...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, In Depth, Physics
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