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2 articles from Guardian Unlimited Science
Michael Rosen: ‘Stories hung in the air about great-aunts and uncles who’d gone’
Searching for the missing pieces in his family brought poet and author Michael Rosen closer to the horror of warEvery time the poet Michael Rosen found out something new about what happened to his Jewish relatives during the Holocaust, he would send a round-robin email to his extended family. “My research brought me face to face with the destiny of Jews in Europe, seen through the prism of my...
Submarine to explore why Antarctic glacier is melting so quickly
Scientists reach remote Thwaites glacier, vanishing at increasing rate, for missionAn international team of scientists has reached the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica and is preparing to drill through more than half a kilometre of ice into the dark waters beneath.The 600-metre deep borehole will allow researchers to lower down a torpedo-shaped robotic submarine that will explore the underside of...