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Did you know? There is a scientific paper written on belly button lint
Chemist Georg Steinhauser collected pieces of belly-button fluff from his navel, recording their colour and weight …
Did you know? Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive
Unaware of the effects of radioactivity on the body, Curie and her husband would regularly handle…
NASA's Ingenuity craft makes first ever helicopter flight on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has completed its first flight on Mars, making it the first vehicle to…
NASA has selected SpaceX to build a lander to take humans to the moon
SpaceX has been awarded a $2.9 billion contract to build the lunar lander that will take…
Blue Origin’s latest launch brings it close to sending humans to space
The 14 April launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket may have been the spacecraft’s last…
Amazing images from International Space station battle for photo prize
Stunning photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station are competing for the public’s vote…
How to find Hydra, the biggest constellation in the sky
Named after a water snake, Hydra is a large constellation, but it isn’t very bright. Finding…
Chaos Walking review: Unsettling sci-fi that exposes men’s thoughts
Sci-fi film Chaos Walking, featuring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, is a disconcerting little masterpiece of…
The US plans to put a nuclear-powered rocket in orbit by 2025
The US is taking steps to put a rocket propelled using nuclear energy into orbit by…