‘Molar Berg’: Getting a measure of Antarctica’s big new iceberg
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Bezos floats ‘national team’ to build Moon lander
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bezos made the announcement at the International Astronautical Congress in Washington Jeff Bezos has...
How liquid air could help keep the lights on
Image copyright Highview Image caption An artist's impression of Highview's planned energy storage facility It sounds like magic but it...
How space affects women and men differently
Image caption Dr Varsha Jain stands in front of an Orion crew module at Nasa's Johnson Space Center Some 564...
Neanderthal ‘glue’ points to complex thinking
Image copyright Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Image caption The birch-tar handled tool made by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago Traces of ancient...
Female astronauts answer questions from orbit
US astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch answered questions from reporters and members of the public in a press conference...
Climate change: Peatlands ‘turning into carbon sources’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Britain and Ireland hold over 20% of the world's blanket bog Peatlands are a...
Are electric cars as ‘green’ as you think?
It's predicted that by 2030, over 125 million electric vehicles will be owned by people worldwide. But where's the lithium...
Black hole scientist Dr Katie Bouman on trolling and teamwork
Scientist Dr Katie Bouman, 29, was a key leader on the team that captured the first ever image of a...
Nasa Mars 2020 Mission’s MiMi Aung on women in space
Next year, Nasa will send a mission to Mars. The woman in charge of making the helicopter that will be...
European SolO probe ready to take on audacious mission
Image copyright AIRBUS Image caption The spacecraft has finished its test campaign and is now ready to go to Cape...
Nasa astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir in all-women spacewalk
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNasa astronauts complete all-female spacewalk outside International Space StationNasa astronauts Christina Koch...
Satellites to monitor whale strandings from space
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDr Jennifer Jackson: "Satellites get us to whales in those places that...
Why a brainless yellow ‘blob’ that can learn is mystifying scientists
A yellow organism which looks like fungus but acts like an animal has gone on display at the Paris Zoological...
Climate change: Boris Johnson to chair new committee
Image copyright Getty Images The prime minister is to chair a new cabinet committee on climate change to drive action...
Why this woman hates to hear about ‘big bad wolf’
Image copyright Adele Barclay Image caption Peggy Jehly has been working with wolves and wolf dogs for a number of...
Human ‘mini-brain’ develops slowest among primates
Image copyright Sabina Kanton Image caption Four lab-grown chimpanzee "mini-brains". Each one is about the size of a small pea...
Bloodhound diary: South African trials get under way
Image copyright BLOODHOUND LSR A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered...
