Observations reveal new 'shape' for coronal mass ejections
Radiation signatures produced by giant solar storms more complex than previously thought. Phil Dooley 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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Science history: Lise Meitner, mother of the bomb
Her impact was immense, despite not always getting the recognition she deserved. Jeff Glorfeld 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 man who quantified ET
Frank Drake’s eponymous equation is a standard tool for estimating the chances of intelligent life existing in the universe. Jeff Glorfeld reports.
Common gut virus linked to coeliac disease
Researchers identify a possible connection between a childhood illness and later autoimmune disease. Lyndal Byford reports.
