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Liana Finck cartoon

10 June 2019

This week's cartoon - 1 June 2019


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Working hypothesis: from buzzwords to Amazon workers

29 May 2019

Sorting the week's supernovae from the absolute zeros


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Keeping cool with wood

29 May 2019

A material made by treating wood with hydrogen peroxide could keep houses cool


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Chimps' ingenuity earns them a treat

29 May 2019

Chimpanzees in West Africa have learned how to get hold of tortoise meat


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Women less likely to receive CPR

29 May 2019

An analysis of more than 5700 cardiac arrests in the Netherlands has found that only 68 per cent of women received a resuscitation attempt from a bystander


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Getting a little more sunlight is a simple health win for everyone

29 May 2019

With the weight of evidence now out there about just how good sunshine is for our physical and mental health, it's time for all of us to see the light


Tana Joseph

Tana Joseph: The Hubble Space Telescope hooked me on science

29 May 2019

Astronomer Tana Joseph found her calling as a kid. She talks cosmic beauty, binary black holes and how even unlikely people can achieve something awesome


The secret of dark matter could be a particle the size of a planet

The secret of dark matter could be a particle the size of a planet

29 May 2019

Physicist Asimina Arvanitaki thinks big: enormous particles and a gigantic, dark-matter beacon – and knows how we might find them


Archaeopteryx

The evolution of Archaeopteryx is stranger than anyone imagined

29 May 2019

Winged Jurassic dinosaur Archaeopteryx was more than just an early ancestor of birds – fossils reveal it was an evolutionary wonder akin to Darwin's finches


Surviving Mars

Surviving Mars lets you enjoy the highs and lows of building a colony

29 May 2019

Building your own Mars colony comes with tricky dilemmas, such as who to exclude for the greater good, writes Jacob Aron in his monthly games column


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