Can’t catch a falling star

Our amazing universe.

We, the nuclear hostages

Ever since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, people have known that nuclear weapons are morally wrong.

Alien nations

Are we alone in the universe or is another form of intelligent life reaching out across the light years?

What planet are these people on?

In 2022 four astronauts will leave Earth for a mission to Mars. A US$6.3 billion project hopes to recoup some of its costs by selling the television rights. And the participants in this TV reality show? Well, they’re probably not coming back.

“Now, Voyager, sail thou forth”

Science writing – health, climate change, environment, nanotechnology, biotechnology – often gets a poor press. Too technical, too obscure, too fantastic. A joy, therefore, to find a brilliant article in the latest issue of The Smithsonian on the exploration of outer space.