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The US air force admitted to deploying weapons in space. Don’t expect the White House to explain why | Space

In Hollywood at least, space weapons are a relatively simple concept. The good guys, from Captain Kirk and his crew in Star Trek, to...

‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias | Geography

Three cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption of a map they created to more accurately show the sizes of...

‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’ | Space

Scientists have solved the mystery of when black holes “burp” – when the astronomical bodies launch jets after feeding on stars, blasting material enormous...

‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence |

Forty years ago, as an undergraduate in Hokkaido, Toshiyuki Nakagaki came upon a lemon-yellow stain in a petri dish. That encounter turned him into...

Milky Way at the dining table: Bath art show celebrates 18th-century brother and sister astronomers | Astronomy

From the garden of their Georgian townhouse in Bath in the late 18th century, a brother and sister made a series of extraordinary astronomical...

‘They’ll be finding bodies next year’: a renowned forensic scientist on Nepal’s ‘extreme challenges’ | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster

The bodies of some of those killed in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster may never be found, and some of those that are may never...

There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it? – video | Climate crisis

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and causes...

Could humans ever communicate with whales? – video | Science

Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and...

Smelling test: children need education in sniffing aromas, scientist says | Science

Children need a better education in sniffing aromas, a leading historian of smells has said, noting it may improve their wellbeing and help them...

Forbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake? | Astronomy

Twenty years ago, Pluto got demoted. After a vote by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 2006, Pluto was relegated from major planet...

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