Polluted, bike-hostile Brussels to slam on the brakes

Brussels has made its choice: to reduce emissions and encourage greener, two-wheeled transport options, the road…

Soyuz ride to the Space Station

The ride to the International Space Station sees astronauts launched on top of a rocket fuelled…

We Went to the Moon. Why Can’t We Solve Climate Change?

The original moon shoot inspired billions. Calling climate action a moon shot isn’t a perfect parallel…

To return to the Moon, astronauts need new spacesuits

Space engineer Pablo de Leon has designed two spacesuit prototypes for the Moon and for Mars,…

Thai farmers on the cash trail with snail slime

Giant snails inch across a plate of pumpkin and cucumber in central Thailand, an “organic” diet…

Technology, temporary help keeps farmers on job longer

At 79 years old, Art McManus says he’s still able to hop on the tractor and…

The exploration of space in 10 key dates

From the Soviet Union’s pioneering satellite to the first man on the Moon 50 years ago,…

Physicist studying how extreme weather in space affects satellites

A physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing a new scale to measure…

Where were you when man first landed on the moon?

Fifty years on, the 03:56 AM TV moment that was out of this world. …

The final 13 minutes before the Moon landing

The minutes before landing were tense, as fuel ran low and connections were lost between the…