Science
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Cavernous 18th-century store reveals link to lost trade in ice blocks from Norwegian fjord -
Psychedelic fungi may still be in bloom on New Year’s Day due to climate change
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GPS III satellites to provide more precise locations and be more resilient against jamming -
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders talks about Nasa’s orbit 50 years ago when he photographed Earth as it had never been seen before -
Military officer’s stable preserved under ash from eruption of Mount Vesuvius
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Newly knighted cancer scientist Mel Greaves explains why a cocktail of microbes could give protection against disease -
As scepticism rises, PHE says e-cigarettes could help more people quit smoking -
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The physicist’s former research student recalls their close relationship at Cambridge, the sheer might of his intellect, and how he once bored the great man to sleep
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At the COP24 conference, leaders lack the urgency felt by communities on the frontlines of a global threat -
The US Office of Technology Assessment should be revived in 2019, says climate consultant William Westermeyer -
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The solutions to today’s quiz and puzzle -
Test your knowledge of Tweet-speak, plus a social media maths puzzle -
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The skins they live in
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Dr Hannah Fry won the Christopher Zeeman medal in August for her contributions to the public understanding of the mathematical sciences, so Ian Sample invited her on the podcast to discuss her love of numbers. Plus, he asks, can we really use this discipline to predict human behaviour? -
Nasa's Juno craft has captured giant, chaotic weather systems plus taken new measurements that will help build unprecedented map of the planet’s interior
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Tim Peake beat more than 8,000 applicants to the job. Here, he shares some images of the training he underwent, as seen in his new hardback, The Astronaut Selection Test Book
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Flight controllers at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California react to the successful landing of InSight, a spacecraft designed to explore Mars's interior
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A plane with no moving parts in its propulsion system has successfully flown for a distance of 60 metres, proving that heavier-than-air flight is possible without jets or propellers
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Two decades ago, the Zarya module lifted off from Kazakhstan, ushering in a new era of high-tech cooperation in space
The science stories that shook 2018