The Batman complex: why billionaires need to stop seeing themselves as superheroes
The human race won’t be saved by space travel, but by far less headline-grabbing interventions.
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Fifty years on, is there any point in returning to the moon?
Going to the Moon is a bit like going south with Ernest Shackleton to the Pole, or rowing across the…
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Rocket man: why Jeff Bezos wants to take humans into space
“We’re going to build a road to space. And then, amazing things will happen”, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently announced…
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The first images of a black hole are a moving reminder of our collective vulnerability
For years, black holes have occupied a curious place, long straddling the line between science and science fiction. They’ve been…
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What if the same force that created civilisation is the thing most likely to destroy it?
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Robin Ince: Stephen Hawking made science relatable – why is it still so misunderstood?
We need more science and scientists in popular culture, so that children don’t give up on it as only for “boffins”.
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The commercialisation of space: how billionaire visionaries like Elon Musk are reinventing space flight
With ultimate goals of putting humans on Mars, the pace of innovation in space flight is amazingly fast.
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One small step for private companies: how the future of space travel is being redefined
There is a widening divide between “old space” – the domain of government agencies – and “new space”, which includes…
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