There’s a song that epitomises my thoughts about life in the city. It goes “New York, I love you. But you’re bringing me down”. I imagine this sums up the love affair many ...

Seven Days on Mars Brian Cox gets unprecedented access to the control room of the Mars Perseverance Rover and the Ingenuity helicopter as they explore the Martian surface looking f ...

DR DONNA KEAN They might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but we’re besotted with the hero rats who are being trained to find people buried under earthquake rubble. -›p26 DR HEL ...

Cold call LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD On the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard lies this array of telecoms domes, which are in constant communication with polar-orbiting satellites. The ...

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As a remedy for all the bad news out there, let us prescribe you a small dose of feel-good science. Each issue, we’ll give you a rundown of the latest breakthroughs that aim to s ...