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Why sending messages to extraterrestrials is controversial

Space

Why sending messages to extraterrestrials is controversial

If there are intelligent aliens out there, should we try to get in touch with them? And who should speak for Earth, asks professor of astronomy Chris Impey

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Milky Way. Night sky and silhouette of a standing man

Space

Questions I dread: How did the universe begin, and what is space-time?

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Let science guide horse welfare, not misguided, overemotional protest

Life

Let science guide horse welfare, not misguided, overemotional protest

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GDX76B Allium ursinum. Foraging wild garlic in an English woodland - spring, UK

Life

Foraging for wild garlic: how, when and what to watch out for

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Christopher Paolini on the 5 space operas that inspired his new novel

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Christopher Paolini on the 5 space operas that inspired his new novel

Culture

CE8NB6 Illustration showing galaxy giant whirlpool in space galaxy's effect on space image shows how gravity galaxy warps local

Physics

To create a wormhole that doesn't collapse, you need exotic matter

Features

Finely ground coffee is dispensed into an espresso filter

Physics

Unevenly packed coffee to blame for weak espresso, say mathematicians

News

Environment

Lab-grown meat could be 25 times worse for the climate than beef

News

A dense collection of stars covers the view. Towards the centre the stars become even more dense in a circular region, and also more blue. Around the edges there are some redder foreground stars, and many small stars in the background.

Physics

Why darkness between stars reveals more about the universe than light

News

How maths reveals the best time to add milk for hotter tea

Mathematics

How maths reveals the best time to add milk for hotter tea

If you want your cup of tea to stay as hot as possible, should you put milk in immediately, or wait until you are ready to drink it? Katie Steckles does the sums

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Space debris problem highlighted in new series of photographs

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Space

Alien messages responding to NASA signals could reach us by 2029

News

Physics

We finally know why bubbles rise in a straight line in champagne

News

Physics

Why we must inspire people with the magic of condensed matter physics

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