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Original Sin review: Was space flight tainted from the get-go?

A convincing new book by space policy analyst Bleddyn Bowen reveals how space technology was born out of appalling weaponry – and still has a militaristic bent

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This image by NASA?s James Webb Space Telescope?s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) features the central region of the Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud, which resides 630 light years away. The cold, wispy cloud material (blue, center) is illuminated in the infrared by the glow of the young, outflowing protostar Ced 110 IRS 4 (orange, upper left). The light from numerous background stars, seen as orange dots behind the cloud, can be used to detect ices in the cloud, which absorb the starlight passing through them.

Space

JWST has seen building blocks of life in a dark, cold cloud in space

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The Southern Ring Nebula. The left image highlights the very hot gas and the right image the stars

Space

Amazing JWST images show a nebula shaped by a multi-star system

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Technology

Crocodile-like body armour resists stabbing and cuts

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Time series of flame tests on different cottons

Technology

Flame-resistant variety of cotton could cut need for toxic retardants

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Majestic photographs of the world's major telescopes

Technology

Majestic photographs of the world's major telescopes

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Chemistry

Chocolate with a low-fat centre could still feel luxurious to eat

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Space

JWST has taken astonishing images of debris orbiting a nearby star

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Humans

Why it is important to explore the outer limits of knowledge

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Women writing equations on a board

Society

Men predicted to outnumber women in physics until the year 2158

An analysis of nearly 5.5 million scientific papers has found that, on current trends, the proportion of women authoring research won't reach parity with men in some fields for over 100 years

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Technology

US government lab is using GPT-3 to analyse research papers

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Space

First satellite launch from the UK failed due to an ‘anomaly’

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Science needs to work with the arts to reach all who could benefit

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Humans

The best popular science books out in 2023

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