Did a planetary collision make this possible?
Yes, it formed the Moon and gave Earth its volatile elements, scientists say. Samantha Page 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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Nobel laureate physicist heads to Perth
LIGO pioneer to address conference. Brian W. Pulling 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 ex-slave who transformed the American South
George Washington Carver became a pioneering agricultural scientist – working, literally, for peanuts. Jeff Glorfeld reports.
Cognitive ability looks to be fairly fixed throughout adulthood
Study suggests the impact of additional education remains unclear. Samantha Page reports.
