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7 articles from Guardian Unlimited Science

Cornelia Schroeder obituary

My mother, Cornelia Schroeder, who has died aged 73, was a virologist specialising in influenza and also the editor of her mother’s memoir.Cornelia spent the early years of her career in her native East Germany, but after its collapse, she went to work at the National Institute for Medical Research in Mill Hill, London. From 1990 to 1993, she was Wellcome research fellow at the institute’s...

Cold comfort: the science of staying warm in the energy crisis

Bills will cause many to think twice about turning on the heating this winter. How does the body adapt to cold – and will wearing a hat really help?We, along with other mammals and birds, are endotherms. We use thermoregulation to maintain a consistent internal body temperature – between 37C and 37.5C. When the external environment changes, “A range of physiological responses is initiated,...

Will we ever set up an outpost on another planet?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWill we ever set up an outpost on another planet? Finnley Clarkson, SheffieldPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday. Continue...

Astronauts to live and work on the moon by 2030, Nasa official says

Head of Orion lunar programme says Artemis 1 mission is ‘first step to long-term deep-space exploration’Astronauts are on course to be living and working on the moon before the end of the decade, according to a Nasa official.Howard Hu, the head of the US agency’s Orion lunar spacecraft programme, said humans could be active on the moon for “durations” before 2030, with habitats to live...

They said we would ‘build back better’ after Covid. What breathtaking deceit | John Harris

Instead of rewarding us for our suffering, Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak are offering nothing but more hardshipThe Covid-19 era is not yet over. The worst might have long since receded – though deaths linked to the virus go on – and for most of us, infection now means nothing more serious than a few days in bed. But the pandemic’s grim and complex legacy is becoming clearer, in continuing...

Butter chicken has helped me at every stage of my life – and has always united my family

I grew up eating this comforting, warming dish and it remains just as important to me todayI remember my first taste of butter chicken. I must have been about 10 years old. My dad’s cousins used to marinate a whole chicken from their farm in yoghurt, spices, ginger, garlic and chilli, before cooking it over an open fire: not everyone owned a tandoor.Everything they used was from their own land:...

From Apollo to Artemis: 50 years on, is it time to go back to the moon?

Last week’s Nasa launch is the first in a flurry of successors to the Apollo programme, reopening the debate on the value of sending humans into spaceIn a few weeks, Nasa will celebrate a remarkable anniversary. Fifty years ago the last astronauts to visit the moon returned to Earth, leaving behind the final tell-tale signs that our species had once visited another world. For three days in...