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How to build a starship – and why we should ...

With a growing number of Earth-like exoplanets discovered in recent years, it is becoming increasingly frustrating that we can’t visit them. After all, our knowledge of the planets in our own solar system would be pretty limited if it weren’t for the space probes we’d sent to explore them.

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A 400-year-old shark is the latest animal ...

With an estimated lifespan of 400 years, the Greenland shark has just been reported to be the longest-lived vertebrate on the planet. This is only the latest of a series of recent findings that push the boundaries of animal longevity, and it raises the perennial question of what factors enable some animals to achieve what we might call extreme longevity – lifespans that can be measured in centuries.

A 400-year-old shark is the latest animal discovery to reveal the secrets of long life
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The world’s five deadliest volcanoes … and why ...

These are the world’s five deadliest volcanoes … and why they’re so dangerous

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Life Thrives Where You Least Expect: Surprising ...

Scientists working in one of Earth's most extreme habitats, Antarctica, have made some surprising discoveries.

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Could cold spot in the sky be a bruise from a ...

Scientists have long tried to explain the origin of a mysterious, large and anomalously cold region of the sky. In 2015, they came close to figuring it out as a study showed it to be a “supervoid” in which the density of galaxies is much lower than it is in the rest of the universe. However, other studies haven’t managed to replicate the result.

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Have humans evolved beyond nature – and do we even need it?

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As human society evolves it seems that we are separating ourselves from nature more and more. Some might ask whether we still a component of nature. Others might go a step further by asking: do we even still need nature at all? Oxford biologist Manual Berdoy explains his views on theis topic

Future fossils will mainly consist of humans and their domesticated animals

Future fossils will mainly consist of humans and their domesticated animals

According to scientists, humans and their animals now greatly outnumber the number of wild animals roaming the Earth. This ratio will be reflected in future fossil records. Our growing numbers, combined with our technological advances, have led to our impact on the natural word now being equal or even exceeding those of natural processes.

Our place in the universe will change dramatically in the next 50 years – here’s how

Our place in the universe will change dramatically in the next 50 years – here’s how

In the upcoming 50 years, humankind will attempt to answer fundamental questions about the universe and the fundamentals of our existence: Is there life on exoplanets? Is there extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Where has all the antimatter in the universe gone? - Robin Smith explains what we can expect