The most potent symbol of our time? The chicken
Modern broilers are a wholly technology-dependent species. Andrew Masterson reports.
Changing the dynamics of getting older
In this issue: Manufacturing in space: factories of the future – Brian Cox on activism – A brief history of spacetime – ‘Osteo-biographies‘ of the dead at Stonehenge – Alex the Astronaut meets Alex, an Astronaut
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How many photons in the universe? Go on, have a guess
Calculations reveal enormous number, but with surprisingly dim effect. Andrew Masterson reports.
Mathematicians zero in on the birth of Hypatia
Probability theory deployed to recalculate the birth date of antiquity’s most famous female scholar. Gabriella Bernardi reports.
Science history: The first de-bugger
Grace Hopper discovered the computer bug – which was, literally, a bug. Jeff Glorfeld reports.
The most potent symbol of our time? The chicken
Modern broilers are a wholly technology-dependent species. Andrew Masterson reports.
