Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu
27 June 2018
A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at the tiny asteroid Ryugu, where it will drop off landers and explosively take samples of dust to analyse back on Earth
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Science may be hard, but that’s its beauty
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Only by challenging what we think we know and finding new perspectives can we make progress in understanding the world
We must try harder to avoid biological bias in clinical trials
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Entry requirements for trials are stacked against certain groups, so the results don't apply to everyone. We need to make things more inclusive
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Tipple Tummy
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Winding up
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Is there a physical limit to the wind speed of a hurricane? If so, what is it?
Peculiar pretzels
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Old Scientist: When product naming goes spectacularly wrong
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After weeks of meetings, everyone agreed they had the perfect name for their new drink. A flip through New Scientist's back issues shows how wrong firms can be
