science

From Mickey 17 and M3gan 2.0 to a musical about the end of the world, this was an eclectic year for science-fiction films. Film columnist Simon Ings shares his two breakout hits Source link

The ethics of clinical trials that deliberately infect people with a disease aren’t clear-cut – but there’s a strong case for doing more of them Source link

More than half a million satellites are planned to launch by the end of the 2030s, and simulations suggest they will have a severe impact on space-based astronomy Source link

Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense Source link

Tracy Brabin talks to Radio Leeds about the Budget, COP30 and taxing tourists. Source link

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar Source link

Dr Mya-Rose Craig marks 10 years of Black2Nature and calls for wider access to nature across the UK. Source link

Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow Source link

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient Source link

Archaeologists have gathered evidence from hundreds of Bronze Age sites in western Turkey that could be remnants of a civilisation that has been largely overlooked Source link