BBC Science The Theory of (nearly) Everything 2019

GENETICS by ZOE CORMIER (@zoecormier) Zoe is a freelance science journalist and author of Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll: the scie ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE J^ V CH AM AR Y by DR JV CHAMARY (@jvchamary) Dr Chamary is a biologist and author of 50 Biology ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE GE TT Y From new cancer treatments to DNA-based computers, Dr Adam Rutherford reports on how biol ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE SC IEN CE PH OT O^ L IBR AR Y,^ I GE M, AL AM Y A capsule containing bacteria and nutrients that ...

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY SC IEN CE PH OT O^ L IBR AR Y,^ G ET TY ANTI-MALARIAL WEAPONS More effective malaria drugs are on the horizon ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE SC IEN CE PH OT O^ L IBR AR Y,^ G ET TY Vera Rubin studied a large number of galaxies and found t ...

Around 85 per cent of the mass of the Universe is made up of dark matter that can’t be directly observed. It does not emit light ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE “In an attempt to explain this behaviour, physicists have come up with a new type of particle: WI ...

SEARCHING FOR DARK MATTER SC IEN CE PH OT O^ L IBR AR Y When a s tronomer s look at the Univer se on the larges t scales , they ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE AL AM Y,^ G ET TY THE EXISTENCE OF BLACK HOLES The idea of ‘dark stars’ that gobble up any planet ...

Studying black holes is particularly difficult as they cannot be seen directly. The work of eminent scientists like Albert Einst ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE NA SA /C HA ND RA Cygnus X-1 (location outlined in red). In this image, the blue supergiant compa ...

THE EXISTENCE OF BLACK HOLES AL AM Y^ X 2 ,^ G ET TY X^3 JOHN MICHELL (1724-1793) Michell was born in Nottinghamshire and spent ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE 5 were influenced by Neptune’s gravitational pull. Finally, there is ‘Hawking radiation’. Stephen ...

THE EXISTENCE OF BLACK HOLES ES O/ EH T^ C OL LA BO RA TIO N,^ GE TT Y^ X 2 ,^ N AS A^ X 3 ,^ E SO A handy list of the terminolo ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE SC IEN CE PH OT O^ L IBR AR Y THE END OF THE UNIVERSE We know the Universe started with the Big B ...

While cosmologists agree that the Universe will end in billions of years’ time, what they’re undecided on is how it will happen. ...

THE NEXT BIG STEPS FOR SCIENCE SC IEN CE PH OT O^ L IBR AR Y The four most popular scenarios HOW WILL THE UNIVERSE END? BIG FREE ...

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Take a tour of the most incredible phenomena in the Universe, from the Big Bang to the Big Bounce – and everything in between. W ...