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13 September 2017

Pluto's features named, coral's historical decline, animal's evolutionary head start, and more

Death toll from Mexican earthquake climbs towards 100

13 September 2017

Officials say the magnitude-8.1 quake killed at least 96 people, but an early-warning system installed after an equally big quake in 1985 may have saved lives

Science after Brexit will be weaker all round

13 September 2017

The UK government’s position paper is long on lofty ambitions for future collaboration, but the gory details suggest they will be extremely difficult to achieve

Jupiter's powerful aurora is surprisingly different from Earth's

13 September 2017

We always assumed that auroras on Jupiter were caused by the same process that bring the swirling light shows to Earth. New observations show that they aren't

Point of impact

13 September 2017

Why can I only see round craters on the moon and on other bodies in the solar system? Surely, not all the impacts can be at right angles to the surface. What am I missing?

Give us a clue

13 September 2017

I do cryptic crosswords. On my first attempt, I usually finish about half the clues and get stuck. When I return to the crossword the following day, even if I haven't been consciously thinking about it, I usually get a few more clues very quickly. But...

Helping people walk again with donated prostheses in West Africa

13 September 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa has a high incidence of leg amputation but very little access to prostheses or support. Legs4Africa is attempting to change that

For the record

13 September 2017

Why medical psilocybin is vastly expensive

13 September 2017

More Global Positioning System spoofing, maybe

13 September 2017