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SEE-THROUGH MICE OFFER UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM How do you peer inside an animal without taking an X-ray or MRI ...

HUMANS CAUGHT THE COMMON COLD FROM CAMELS Thisisenoughtogiveanyone the hump: the first human to ever suffer a common cold caught ...

DISCOVERIES The first mission of European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars programme is set to complete its seven-month journey to t ...

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INNOVATIONS Facebookis theworld’sbiggest social media network.Andwhilethisbrings advantages, it also brings challenges. When aro ...

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OCTOBER 2016 Verne: The Himalayas This app lets kids explore the Himalayas as Verne the yeti, who can climb mountains, or fly us ...

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An Ear th-like planet has been discovered orbiting our nearest star after the Sun. Current tech could take around 70,000 years t ...

SPACE ILLUSTRATION: MAGIC TORCH The spacecraft deploys dozens of 20km-long wires, completing one rotation an hour to keep them t ...

THE E-SAIL In 1980, CarlSagan’s TV seriesCosmosintroduced audiences to his ‘spaceshipof the imagination’. This fantasticdesign r ...

SPACE ANTIMATTER R OCKETS Antimatter is the staple fuel source inStar Trekk– and perhaps the reason why Scotty alwayslookssoworr ...

Proxima b Forourfirstinterstellartrip,it’s ano-brainerthatweshouldgo tothenearestexoplanet,Proximab. TheEarth-likeplanetwasrecen ...

ALCUBIERRE DRIVE No discussion of interstellar travel would be complete without making reference to a warp drive. This hypotheti ...

THE PEOPLE PROBLEM ELEC TRO- MAG NETIC DRIVE How aboutathruster that uses nofuelat all?Most physicists say theelectromagnetic(EM ...