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Lord Hunt of Chesterton obituary

Met Office director general whose ideas about turbulence are now used in the building of high structures

The Guardian - UK

Your morning coffee could be silently changing how you respond to touch

Caffeine appears to increase brain's ability to respond to touch

The Independent UK

Chinese scientists create self-destructing ‘living plastic’

Common bacterium incorporated into newly developed material degrades it down to base building blocks in just six days

The Independent UK

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Study suggests dinosaurs may have fed their young ones a special diet to grow faster

Diet followed by young ones likely caused them to grow fast in their first year

The Independent UK

SpaceX launches secret US spy satellites to orbit from California (video, photos)

SpaceX launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government this evening (May 11) from California's foggy central coast.

Space

Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’

Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes

The Guardian - UK

NASA's Artemis 3 rocket is taking shape for 2027 launch to test lunar landers (photo)

The core stage for NASA's Artemis 3 rocket has been raised inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, and is awaiting engine integration.

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'Nothing short of magical': Astrophotographer captures Lyrid meteors beside the Milky Way

Dury captured shooting stars glowing with the Milky Way from the remote Scottish Island of Skye.

Space

Satellite spies one of Russia's most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out

Fresh satellite images reveal volcanic heat melting snow around Russia's relentless Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Space

Dame Bridget Ogilvie obituary

Parasitologist and director of the Wellcome Trust who oversaw the launch of the UK’s flagship genome sequencing centre

The Guardian - UK

China's Tianzhou 10 freighter delivers 7 tons of cargo to Tiangong space station

The Tianzhou 10 freighter delivered nearly seven tons of supplies to China's Tiangong space station early Monday morning (May 10), about five hours after launching atop a Long March 7 rocket.

Space

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The answers to today’s pronunciation puzzles

The Guardian - UK

Hamlet knew about the nocebo effect

Brief letters: Power of the mind | Scattering ashes | Bus travel | Refusing to age | A better Saturday with the long read

The Guardian - UK

They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026

It's the tiniest Mars test we've seen yet.

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See Artemis 2's amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop

While making history on the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, the Artemis 2 astronauts captured incredible pictures of our home planet.

Space

New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal how massive star clusters can reshape galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists peek into the secrets of galactic evolution — and the view is stunning, too.

Space

Does Dante's Inferno from the 14th century depict an asteroid impact?

Dante's description of the fall of Lucifer to Earth from heaven seems to sport many of the hallmarks of an impact, forming a multi-ringed crater with a central peak.

The Guardian - UK

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Starwatch: Prime time to see Virgo, one of the fainter zodiac constellations

Situated between the much brighter Leo and Libra, Virgo is well placed for observation in the northern spring months

Space

'Pragmata' director Yonghee Cho on creating Capcom’s resonant sci-fi lunar adventure (interview)

'Designing something new as a creator is incredibly exciting, but at the same time, it’s an extremely challenging endeavor.'

The Guardian - UK

What happens when we lose a language?

A staggering 44% of human languages are endangered – with culture, tradition and whole ways of understanding the world at stake

Space

Total solar eclipse 2026 vs 2027 — Which one should you choose?

From volcanic landscapes and a sunset eclipse to six-minute totality, here are the pros and cons of the next two total solar eclipses.

The Guardian - UK

‘The odds are not in our favour’: who sets the Doomsday Clock – and what can they tell us about the future of humanity?

With the war on Iran, Ukraine, AI and climate breakdown increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war, the clock stands closer to midnight than ever before. So who decides how many seconds we have left – and can we buy ourselves more time?

Space

Artemis astronauts may find remnants of a 'decapitated' asteroid's impact on the moon

An ancient impact may have scattered material from deep inside the moon toward NASA's planned Artemis landing sites near the lunar south pole.

Space

A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA's Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days (video)

The rock is nicknamed "Atacama."

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