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  • A coloured print of Cambridge Observatory, a classical-style building with Greek columns at the entrance

    Astronomy
    Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say

    Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billing
  • A man sits at a table in front of a microscope in a laboratory. Another microscope is also on the table

    Why I'm obsessed with...
    Brittle stars: fish often nip off bits of their arms but they regenerate

  • Starwatch 30 June 2025

    Starwatch
    Spica greets the passing moon

  • At best apologies can not only repair relationships, but make them more resilient.

    Psychology
    How sorry are you? Why learning to apologise well could save your relationships

  • A small, box-like spacecraft approaching a large asteroid

    Asteroids
    Are we doing enough to save Earth from a devastating asteroid strike?

  • A leafy ash tree stands in a field in the English countryside.

    Ash dieback
    ‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals

  • Until now, most research has focused on the quality of the embryo, rather than the womb lining.

    Medical research
    Test developed to identify women at increased risk of miscarriage

News

  1. a man in front of screens

    Trump delays plan to cut satellite data access crucial to hurricane forecasting

  2. Mustafa Suleyman speaking into a microphone

    Microsoft says AI system better than doctors at diagnosing complex health conditions

  3. people sitting at a conference table with a large screen overhead

    RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants

  4. Digital illustration of a human DNA strand

    UK scientists to synthesise human genome to learn more about how DNA works

Opinion

  1. Emma Beddington

    I was a big orca fan – but their skincare regime is giving me the ick

    Emma Beddington
  2. An aerial view of cattle eating from a fresh hay bale on dry and parched land

    The green drought: June rainfall has come too late to offer relief to farmers in southern Australia

    Andrew B Watkins, Allie Grant and Pallavi Goswami for the Conversation
  3. Jane Qiu

    The Covid ‘lab leak’ theory isn’t just a rightwing conspiracy – pretending that’s the case is bad for science

    Jane Qiu
  4. Nina Gualinga in the Guardian documentary, Waska

    ‘Ayahuasca tourism’ is a blight on Indigenous peoples and our environment

    Nina Gualinga and Eli Virkina

Science Weekly podcast

  1. The Isfahan enrichment facility in Iran
    Science Weekly

    What does it take to make a nuclear weapon? – podcast

    Podcast
  2. Rubin telescope<br>This image provided by the NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory shows another small section of the observatory's total view of the Virgo cluster. (NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory via AP)
    Science Weekly

    Can a revolutionary new telescope solve the mystery of planet nine? – podcast

    Podcast
  3. Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) shelf fungus. Goblin Combe, North Somerset, England.<br>PT0H8B Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) shelf fungus. Goblin Combe, North Somerset, England.
    Science Weekly

    Do medicinal mushroom products actually work? – podcast

    Podcast

Key issues

  • Les Squires

    Physics
    Les Squires obituary

  • A hedgehog in a terracotta plant pot.

    Biology
    Beastly Britain by Karen R Jones review – how animals shaped British identity

  • a man in front of screens

    Space
    Trump delays plan to cut satellite data access crucial to hurricane forecasting

  • Digital illustration of a human DNA strand

    Genetics
    UK scientists to synthesise human genome to learn more about how DNA works

Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Is “yes” the answer to this question?

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Is “yes” the answer to this question?

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? The deductive decade – ten years of Monday puzzles

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? The deductive decade – ten years of Monday puzzles

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