I still remember the movie night when I first watched Good Will Hunting with my mom. Matt Damon played a…
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International Women’s Day, held annually on 8 March, is a stalwart of what we might call the “awareness calendar” –…
We now know how horses whinnyTierfotoagentur/E. Hofstede/Alamy When a horse whinnies, it is making two sounds simultaneously as no other…
Fallout’s society includes vault-dwellers (shown here) and those stuck topsideLorenzo Sisti/Prime This is the year of the bunker – at…
Artist Pierre HuygheOla Rindal A century ago, when quantum mechanics was developed, physicists felt they were peering into the abyss:…
Astronauts practise tasks in a simulated moon environmentNASA Preparing to send people back to the moon is a complex business,…
Our solar system, shown in this composite image, has had a big effect on humanityNASA/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Ripples on the…
Adam Weiss at SEEQC, a quantum chip foundry, configuring a dilution refrigeratorSEEQC There’s a lot I love about the 1980s,…
Taking time to paint in Cornwall, UKAshley Cooper/Alamy Russell stood with his hand on the door, wondering whether to go…
Regular engagement in the arts can lead to ‘widespread longer-term physiological changes’Maskot/Getty Images I can pinpoint the precise comment that…