BBC: Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest-ever approach to the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star's outer atmosphere, enduring brutal temperatures and extreme radiation. Genius move on behalf of Nasa to time this rendezvous to happen during mid-winter, when the… Continue reading Science FTW!
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BBC science fail
There is nothing ‘coincidental’ about a lunar eclipse occurring during a full moon.
Eclipse
Some photos of a partial solar eclipse.
British Summer Time
What precisely is ‘time’? Philomena Cunk, the thinking man's Brian Cox, visits the world-famous Greenwich Clock Museum to find out.
Comparing anatomy
In which Alice Roberts responds to a tweet.
IPR theft
World's 'lightest material' unveiled by US engineers.
In the genes
'Extraordinary' genetic make-up of north east Wales men.
Through the pinhole
In which I take photos through a pinhole.
ISS
Photo of International Space Station.
What is the world coming to?
Scientists claim sperm first.