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Tom Gauld: On Fridays, the whole research team works from home

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Twisteddoodles on exhibition stands at science conferences

NEW CLOUDS ABOVE US The modern world relies on satellites for its communications and commerce. While mostly invisible to us as we go about out daily lives, our entire modern way of living ? both socially and professionally ? is intimately linked with the orbital space around the Earth. How we treat this extraterrestrial environment will determine how much we can rely on it in the future. ?In this view of Greenwich, London, you?ve got examples of what?s in space. I photographed about 300 artefacts ranging from satellites to rocket bodies, satellite parts, solar panels, all the way down to the screws and a glove to show what?s up there. The photography was done over a one year period, across North America, Europe and the UK. I wanted to show this from a human perspective ? from the ground looking up. I chose Greenwich because of its history of astronomy and because from there you can see the financial district of London to highlight the modern world?s connection to the satellites that circle Earth.? Max Alexander

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Space debris problem highlighted in new series of photographs

Mathematics

How maths reveals the best time to add milk for hotter tea

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - APRIL 09: win Randox Grand National Handicap Steeple Chase at Aintree Racecourse on April 09, 2022 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Are racehorses aware that they are expected to come first?

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Is there a tipping point when harvesting renewable energy is harmful?

Farmer harvesting organic rhubarb from her kitchen garden. Rhubarb can be harvested many times through the year. Photographed at an ???off grid??? home on the island of Moen in Denmark. Colour, horizontal format with some copy space.

How was rhubarb found to be edible when it tastes bad raw? (Part 2)

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This week鈥檚 new questions

Does “the earthquake chewed my data” trump “the dog ate my homework”?

Tom Gauld on the outcome of an experiment

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Twisteddoodles: Researchers have made the world’s most powerful laser

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Famed abstract artists capture nature as you鈥檝e never seen it before

Space

How to spot Mars travelling through Gemini this week

If octopuses evolved to live on land, would they develop technology?