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2 articles from Guardian Unlimited Science
Why we all need to be a lot less hesitant about being kind
While researching a book on kindness, I found that being kind enhances the mood of not just the receiver – but the giver, tooOne winter’s morning I was cycling to work when I saw a man in flip-flops and shorts walking fast in the opposite direction to me and calling out the name “Lola”. It seemed strange that anyone would be out in this freezing weather in those clothes, but I cycled on...
Nasa’s rocket launch to the moon next week aims to close 50-year-long gap
Barring technical issues and Florida’s weather, Artemis 1 will launch after midnight Wednesday on a 15-day, 1.3m-mile journeyFifty years ago this month, mission managers at the US space agency Nasa gave the final go-ahead for what would turn out to be humanity’s most recent odyssey to the moon. Few realized at the time it would be more than half a century before Nasa would be ready to return,...