What ‘Space Operas’ Reveal about Life on Earth
Set in the future, the movies and TV shows offer fascinating critiques of present-day society....
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Hundreds gather for ‘star party’
Hundreds of amateur astronomers have gathered for what is thought to the the UK’s largest...
From the First Lady of the Forest, Wild Wisdom
Diana Beresford-Kroeger’s ‘Our Green Heart’ is a divine meditation on trees and life itself. The...
AI software a ‘game changer’ for social workers
Artificial intelligence (AI) software cut the hours that social workers spent on admin tasks by...
How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing?
Arching over 8,849 metres (29,032ft) into the sky, Everest is the world’s tallest mountain. But...
Paul McCartney’s missing bass and other mysterious musical instrument disappearances
From a 17th-Century Italian violin stolen from Japan to Drake’s lost Blackberry in Mexico, here...