Was SpaceX launch about progress in space, or just a giant ad?
14 February 2018
The Falcon Heavy launch was more than just spectacle – it set the stage for a future Mars mission. Now we need to think about who's in the driver's seat
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We all need to take our heads out of the sand
14 February 2018
The fact we are running out of something so seemingly limitless as sand is a potent symbol of humanity's destructiveness. We must all strive to do better
Should we revisit ethically dubious experiments from the past?
14 February 2018
From deadly Nazi medical experiments to sociological studies on children, past science has taken paths we wouldn't tread today, but the results still have value
Cape Town is about to run out of water – how did this happen?
14 February 2018
Cape Town's water reserves are so low that it may soon have to turn off the taps. We’ve known for a decade that this could happen, but almost nothing has been done
The best way to take down a drone is with another drone
14 February 2018
Illegal or unwanted drones put air travellers at risk, so a competition called DroneClash is calling for new ways to tackle them
Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean
14 February 2018
If a Matabele ant loses a limb in a battle with termites, its nestmates will tend its injuries - a behaviour never before seen in any non-human animal
Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England
13 February 2018
The opioid crisis may have crossed the Atlantic, with signs that opioid painkillers are prescribed more in England in socially-deprived areas in the north
Face-recognition software is perfect – if you’re a white man
13 February 2018
Three leading face-recognition systems correctly identified white men 99 per cent of the time but did badly at identifying women with darker skin
Expedition to uncover hidden life in mystery Antarctic realm
13 February 2018
In July 2017 a huge iceberg broke away from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, revealing a marine world that was concealed for thousands of years
NASA may lose a major space telescope and space station funding
12 February 2018
President Trump wants to cut back on major NASA projects, including a space telescope to study dark matter and dark energy, and US funding for the space station
