How the chemistry of Star Trek changed my life – from a gunpowder plot to ‘red hellfire’
Was my career choice inspired by Star Trek? Indubitably.
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Going bananas over Brussels: Fleet Street’s European journey
It was the press that swayed opinion towards joining the common market in 1975. Since then though, the editorial mood has been rather different.
40 Years of MTV: the channel that shaped popular culture as we know it
From music videos to reality TV, the channel has had a hand in crafting entertainment as we know it today.
Crucial building blocks of life on Earth can more easily form in outer space – new research
Perhaps life is more common in the universe that we think.
Special edition vinyl albums cause some fans delight – but others suspect a cynical marketing ploy
The loyalty of fans has been exploited ever since big business realised music could be commercialised.
Rare glimpse of a black hole’s magnetic field could help us to understand how it feeds
A sudden flare and cooling of gas around a black hole has enabled astronomers to measure the magnetic field of a black hole for the first time – finding it much weaker than expected.
A love letter to cinema – and how films help us get through difficult times
There’s something special about “going to the cinema” and the collective experience of watching a film.
A new exoplanet: meet GJ 367b, an iron planet smaller and denser than Earth
Most of what we know about planets outside our Solar System relates to gas-giant planets. A new study has identified and characterised a smaller exoplanet.
Move over Milky Way, elliptical galaxies are the most habitable in the cosmos
A new model suggests that elliptical galaxies are more likely to be habitable than spiral galaxies like our own. Does that mean we’re a freak event and elsewhere is teeming with life?
Blockbuster TV formats are Britain’s gift to the world, but BBC cuts will put them at risk
Shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and Bake Off bring in hundreds of millions and spread British cultural influence to the world.
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