The Hubble constant: a mystery that keeps getting bigger
by Scientists have found a discrepancy in estimates for the rate of expansion of the universe. Why is this and what does it mean?
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In a hysterical world, Wikipedia is a ray of light – and that’s the truth
It has been the butt of jokes for years, but the online encyclopedia represents mankind at its very best
What’s happening to our weather? The answers are hiding in Arctic air
Dozens of scientists, Helen Czerski among them, are at work in the Arctic, seeking answers to questions that profoundly affect the future of everyone on the planet
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Can Facebook clean up its act?
The social media giant has assembled a team of experts to spot abuses and protect the company’s reputation. But what do security experts think?
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How China censors the net: by making sure there’s too much information
A new book shows how the republic’s government has adapted to the challenge of a networked age
What price ethics for software designers in the poisonous era of Cambridge Analytica?
The programmers behind data analytics have unleashed forces they could never have imagined
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Why Silicon Valley wants to thwart the grim reaper
Google’s billion-dollar belief that it can crack the DNA code to immortality reveals a dangerous mindset
Mathematician Eugenia Cheng: ‘We hate having rules imposed on us’
Eugenia Cheng combines home baking with higher-dimensional category theory. She talks about pudding, infinity, and why geeks are the new alphas
Early computers as objets d’art
Eye-catching design didn’t begin with Apple, as a new, digitally-aided photography series illustrates
Brian May: ‘All sorts of stuff happens in my workshop’
When he’s not playing guitar for Queen, Brian May PhD is an astronomer and inventor. He talks about his latest gadget – an update on the Victorian stereoscope