Why the Sicilian Mafia owes its existence to scurvy
20 June 2018
Take one ravaging disease and add two parts British imperialism and Italian nationalism – it's a toxic cocktail with criminal effects still felt today
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Capitalism broke the planet. Here’s how it’s going to fix things
20 June 2018
The environment and high finance are strange bedfellows – but a new movement is raising billions to fight climate change. A breakthrough – or green hogwash?
The space-time echoes that point to a new theory of reality
20 June 2018
The discovery of gravitational waves was the crowning glory of Einstein's relativity. They might now have provided the first hint of something to scupper it
Giant rocket simulator helps engineers tweak before first launch
20 June 2018
The Space Launch System (SLS) will be the most powerful rocket ever built. But a rocket like this needs more than brawn – it needs brains, too, and a lot of testing
Team moon vs team Mars: the battle over the future of NASA
20 June 2018
Decades of infighting and political interference have got NASA no closer to landing astronauts on the moon or Mars. Can its new leader spark a relaunch?
UK government to review medicinal cannabis laws
20 June 2018
Following the case of Billy Caldwell, whose cannabis oil epilepsy medication was confiscated last week, the Home Secretary has announced laws will be reviewed
The case of Billy Caldwell shows UK drug laws are out of date
20 June 2018
The announcement of an urgent review into the legal status of medicinal cannabis is to be welcomed, but the UK government should go further
Crewed missions to the moon and Mars need dreamers and doers
20 June 2018
Since the moon landings, we have come crashing back down to Earth. Getting back into space will take wild ambition and serious amounts of hard work
Spiders can 'fly' because they make near-invisible paragliders
20 June 2018
We've finally solved the mystery of how even fairly big spiders can take to the skies – they make barely visible flying machines
Flight of Fantasy
20 June 2018
Earlier this year, a flat-earther launched a ballistic rocket to observe Earth from altitude. If it were indeed flat and shaped like a frisbee, what would his ballistic path look like if he launched near the disc edge and aimed towards the edge? Would...
