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The good, the bad and the brexit
Added: 16 Sep 2019
The new Government has been in place for only a few weeks now and in that time, we’ve already had a…
Celebrating the improbable
Added: 13 Sep 2019
Another year, another heart-warming evening commemorating the silly, unusual and often random side …
First evidence of water discovered on exoplanet
Added: 12 Sep 2019
For the first time, water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere a planet outside our solar sys…
Are you ready for show time?
Added: 9 Sep 2019
Once again we are delighted to have partnered with the Lab Innovations show – and we want you to be…
Black hole image wins $3M Breakthrough Prize
Added: 6 Sep 2019
The team behind the first ever image of a black hole has been awarded the 2020 Breakthrough Prize i…
Signals suggest black hole swallowed neutron star
Added: 19 Aug 2019
Gravitational wave detectors have registered evidence of a black hole swallowing a neutron star for…
NASA data suggests early Jupiter smash
Added: 16 Aug 2019
Gravitational readings from NASA’s Juno spacecraft suggest Jupiter collided with a still-forming pl…
You are never too successful for lunch
Added: 12 Aug 2019
Everyone knows that the fulcrum around which a successful lab swings is, of course, lunch. But what…
Brexit: No-deal is a bad deal for UK science
Added: 9 Aug 2019
In a video livestreamed from his desk at Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson a…
Reproducibility comes as standard (part 2)
Added: 5 Aug 2019
Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…
Wine compound could help Mars missions
Added: 19 Jul 2019
A NASA-funded study has determined that resveratrol, a compound found in grape skins, could be key …
Open University partners NASA for lunar instrument
Added: 15 Jul 2019
Open University scientists are working with NASA on a device that will detect water patterns for fu…
A freshly baked conspiracy theory
Added: 15 Jul 2019
What better way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landings than with a freshly b…
NASA to send rotorcraft to Titan
Added: 28 Jun 2019
NASA is planning to send a drone-like lander to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
Table salt on Jupiter’s moon
Added: 18 Jun 2019
The yellow substance on the surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has been identified simply as sodium…
Terraforming Mars: A giant leap too far?
Added: 17 Jun 2019
SpaceX plans to send humans to Mars by 2024 and establish a Martian city by 2050 but how plausible …
Strife on Mars?
Added: 17 Jun 2019
Mars may be the second-most hospitable planet in our solar system, but Martian conditions mean sust…
Harnessing regional strengths
Added: 17 Jun 2019
From distinctive strengths in transport innovation in the West Midlands to leadership in the life s…
Just play the game
Added: 10 Jun 2019
Games have never been more popular – but can they really help in the teaching of science? You bet y…
