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Spacewatch: Solar maximum
There is no greater influence on the Earth and its space environment than that of our local star, the Sun. The level of solar activity, as indicated most clearly by the number of sunspots, ebbs and flows over an average cycle of 11 years as does the frequency of solar flares. Such energetic outbursts can blast the Earth with X-rays and UV and drive solar material earthwards to produce aurorae and...
Children transcribe ancient texts in citizen science project
Schoolchildren, pensioners and office workers are helping scholars at Oxford University to transcribe 2,000-year-old...
Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx to determine chance of asteroid colliding with Earth - video
Nasa's OSIRIS-REx will visit a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu and return with samples that may hold clues to the origins of the solar system and perhaps life...
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Hungry sharks, frogs keen to mate and a mischievous leopard are among the pick of this week's images from the natural...
Guardian Books podcast: Science, religion and the paranormal
Why, in the age of Richard Dawkins's God Delusion, has one of our leading writers on genetics devoted himself to a book investigating the Bible's scientific credentials? And what explanations can science offer for people who had limbs amputated under the influence of 19th-century mesmerists?We investigate these and other issues with Steve Jones, the geneticist and science writer, whose latest...
THURSDAY 16. MAY 2013
Atlas 5 GPS satellite worth $121m launches into orbit – video
The Atlas 5 rocket, carrying an upgraded $121m (£80m) global positioning system satellite, launches from Cape Canaveral air force base in...