The deep sea is an alien place. It seems that almost every trip to the ocean floor returns with the discovery of a new creature, structure or process that baffles scientists. Thatâ ...

Fallout A moving four-part documentary from Lights Out that lifts the mushroom-cloud of mystery surrounding the UK’s history of atmospheric nuclear weapons tests. BBC Radio 4 11p ...

DR ANDREW MAY Nasa is Building a plane that can travel faster than sound, without making a sonic boom. Science writer and former Ministry of Defence employee Andrew investigates. â ...

Ancient calendar ANCASH REGION, PERU The Peruvian desert is home to the Chankillo astronomical site; an ancient, fortified ceremonial complex, complete with a temple, administratio ...

I read with interest Aleks Krotoski’s column about the marginalisation of some groups in society due to the diminishing role of cash (August, p64). A large group mentioned in the ...

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In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed. It is a body made up of the world’s leading climate scientists, with members from 195 countries. Back in ...

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KIWIS If you want the best chance of surviving societal collapse, maybe think about moving to New Zealand. A study carried out at Anglia Ruskin University ranked the ability of dif ...

Students may complain that Pythagoras’ Theorem has no real-world uses, but a 3,700-year-old tablet demonstrates that the formula was being used long before Pythagoras even wrote ...