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  • A full moon shines over Nasa’s SLS and Orion spacecraft on its launchpad

    Nasa
    Nasa delays moon rocket launch by a month after fuel leaks during test

    Artemis II mission was due to begin as early as next week and astronauts have spent almost two weeks in quarantine
  • Two jars, one full of round pink and white rock-like sweets, the other with cigarettes.

    Health
    Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study

  • A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying a Noaa weather satellite lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in June 2024.

    SpaceX
    Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI at $1.25tn valuation

  • Science Weekly
    Why are women turning to testosterone?

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  • Frank Tallis, photographed in London, ahead of his new non-fiction book titled Wise: Finding Purpose, Meaning and Wisdom Beyond the Midpoint of Life, scheduled for release on February 5, 2026.

    Ageing
    ‘Adjustments must be made’: how to live well after mid-life

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? The numbers all go to 11

  • Illustration of named stars in the night sky

    Starwatch
    Orion the hunter dominates the February night sky

News

  1. Two people sit on grass next to a beach and look out across the Firth of Forth

    Up to half of coarse sediments on UK urban beaches may be human-made, study suggests

  2. Sir Nick Carter

    Ex-British army chief calls on ministers to back MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans

  3. A person looking at a mammogram scan

    AI use in breast cancer screening cuts rate of later diagnosis by 12%, study finds

  4. A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly's weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk.

    Small risk of severe acute pancreatitis with weight-loss jabs, UK regulator warns

Opinion

  1. Madeline Horwath on the mistakes of evolution – cartoon

    Madeline Horwath on the mistakes of evolution – cartoon

  2. Ben Jennings on the tool-using cow – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on the tool-using cow – cartoon

  3. Illustration showing human body with microplastics swirling around and into it

    Scientific rigour and the dangers of microplastics

  4. Helen Pilcher

    So a cow can use a stick to scratch its backside. When will we learn that humans are really not that special?

    Helen Pilcher

Science Weekly podcast

  1. Seattle - July 20, 2025; Testosterone Cypionate schedule III controlled substance vial and needle3C02KB0 Seattle - July 20, 2025; Testosterone Cypionate schedule III controlled substance vial and needle
    Science Weekly

    Are men being misled over testosterone? – podcast

    Podcast
  2. An abandoned ship stuck in the solidified salts of the Oroumieh Lake, Iran
    Science Weekly

    Has the world entered an era of ‘water bankruptcy’? – podcast

    Podcast
  3. A cow using a stick to scratch herself
    Science Weekly

    How positivity affects health, the rise of scabies and bovine intelligence – podcast

    Podcast

Key issues

  • Mark Thomson smiling in suit next to red machine with Cern logo on it

    Physics
    The man taking over the Large Hadron Collider – only to switch it off

  • Madeline Horwath on the mistakes of evolution – cartoon

    Biology
    Madeline Horwath on the mistakes of evolution – cartoon

  • A full moon shines over Nasa’s SLS and Orion spacecraft on its launchpad

    Space
    Nasa delays moon rocket launch by a month after fuel leaks during test

  • DNA strand

    Genetics
    The secret to long life? It could be in the genes after all, say scientists

Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Are you cut out for these puzzling slices?

  • Cheesecake slice on a knifeRemoving a slice of the cheesecake with the help of a knife, the dessert is on a plate and on a plaid sideboard, all on the rustic wooden table. This dessert is not typical of Brazil, but is very appreciated by the Brazilian people. São Paulo, Brazil.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Are you cut out for these puzzling slices?

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Are you as smart as Spock?

  • Star Trek - 2009Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Bad Robot/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5886197ci) Zachary Quinto Star Trek - 2009 Director: J.J. Abrams Paramount/Bad Robot USA Film Portrait

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Are you as smart as Spock?

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