On a rock two million kilometres away, water
NASA’s voyage to asteroid Bennu produces early results. 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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Hints of a ‘sterile’ neutrino
Curious result could point to flaws in the Standard Model of particle physics. Phil Dooley 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.
Human ancestors weren’t fussy when eating plants
Isotope analysis shows early hominins were generalist feeders. Samantha Page reports.
