Science
Spacewatch: Nasa’s Webb telescope mirror alignment continues
Seven-step process to enable segments to work as a single mirror nears halfway point
Stuart Clark
04, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM
Early stegosaur fossils may shed light on stegosaurus evolution
Bashanosaurus is thought to have lived about 168m years ago, according to study of fossils found in China
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
04, Mar, 2022 @12:01 AM
Don’t blame scientists for all the world’s ills | Letter
Letter: Science and technology are tools that can be used for both good and bad ends, writes Rob Driver
Letters
03, Mar, 2022 @5:04 PM
Space junk set to crash into far side of moon and cause huge crater
Spent rocket body believed to be part of Chinese Chang’e 5-T1 mission expected to hit lunar surface at 5,500mph
Ian Sample Science editor
03, Mar, 2022 @4:24 PM
‘A new culture’: discovery in China reveals ochre processing in east Asia up to 41,000 years ago
Site in Nihewan Basin shows, ‘a potential signpost of a migration event of our species’, says Australian researcher
Donna Lu
02, Mar, 2022 @4:30 PM
Black hole that was closest yet found does not exist, say scientists in U-turn
Researchers have a new view of HR 6819: two stars, one of them a ‘vampire’
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
02, Mar, 2022 @8:30 AM
Terrawatch: how carbon-eating rocks could help fight climate crisis
Recent experiments highlight potential of some rocks to lock in more carbon than previously thought
Kate Ravilious
02, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM
Tyrannosaurus rex may have been three species, scientists say
Experts say there is enough variation in samples to argue there was also a Tyrannosaurus imperator and a regina
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
01, Mar, 2022 @1:00 AM
Starwatch: how to spot the twins of the sky Castor and Pollux
Gemini constellation is well placed at this time of year from northern hemisphere
Stuart Clark
28, Feb, 2022 @6:00 AM
Ticket to Roman Britain: HS2’s route to ancient history
HS2 has been controversial – but it has also given rise to more than 100 digs, unearthing entire lost towns
Patrick Barkham
27, Feb, 2022 @1:00 PM
UK scientists fear brain drain as Brexit rows put research at risk
Projects in jeopardy as EU revokes millions in grant offers after failure of trade talks
Robin McKie
27, Feb, 2022 @8:15 AM
Mystery bird: black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos, a latin birds
This lovely southeast Asian mystery bird is a distant relative of another mystery bird that I shared this week. Trail d
25, Feb, 2022 @4:08 PM
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