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NASA’s Solar Sail Makes First Contact From Space Before Stretching Its Enormous Wings

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

An artist’s concept of the Solar Sail mission in orbit. Illustration: NASA Nearly a week after launching to space, a microwave-sized cubesat ...

What it means if you have the ability to smell when rain is coming

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

There’s a scientific explanation behind the odd phenomenon Updated 15:55 30 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 15:49 30 Apr 2024 GMT+1 The clocks have ...

Scientists predict when ‘triple whammy’ extinction event will wipe out humans and most life on Earth

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Humanity won’t last forever, the experts warn Published 10:52 30 Apr 2024 GMT+1 Experts have given their verdict on when humanity will ...

Pope presides at Mass in Venice, calls for inclusion and hospitality

World
Emily Foster

Presiding at Mass amidst the grandeur of St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Pope Francis issues a call for encounter, inclusion, and care ...

NASA discovered a planet twice as big as Earth with a gas that is ‘only produced by life’

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock Images NASA’s James Webb Telescope picked up a ‘possible detection’ of a molecule which ‘on Earth is ...

Puzzling Scientists for Over 50 Years – A “Holy Grail” Chemical Mystery Has Been Solved

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers have solved a 50-year-old mystery about why organic matter in water resists degradation, finding that the oxidative dearomatization reaction transforms biomolecules ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 Is Finally Making Sense After Months of Transmitting Gibberish

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

The Voyager 1 spacecraft returned usable data for the first time in more than five months, giving hope for the 46-year-old mission ...

Mystery of cave known as ‘most dangerous place on Earth’ that left visitors with one of the deadliest diseases known to man

Health
Sarah Carter

Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock Images / Mount Elgon National Park The cave has welcomed all sorts of visitors over time, but ...

Environment Shapes Emotional Cognitive Abilities More Than Genes

Health
Sarah Carter

Summary: Environmental factors may have a more significant impact on certain cognitive abilities than genetics. The study involved 57 pairs of identical ...

Waste company Suez apologises for bin collection fiasco after it took on contract in Swale, Maidstone and Ashford

Business
Robert Johnson

The waste company at the centre of a bin controversy has apologised and pledged to catch up with the backlog of uncollected ...