Getty ImagesIn February 1953, two men walked into a pub in Cambridge and announced they had found "the secret of life". It was not an idle boast.One was James Watson, an American biologist from the Cavendish laboratory; the other was his British research partner, Francis Crick. Their discovery - of the structure and function of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA - ranks alongside those of Mendel and Darwin in its significance to modern science.The full Promethean power of their achievement would slowly emerge over decades of research by fellow...
Getty ImagesElon Musk wants his new rocket to revolutionise spaceflight. And that rocket, Starship, is now the largest and most powerful spacecraft ever built.It’s...
U.S. telecom giants are under constant attack from Chinese hackers. A federal investigation has uncovered a massive cyber espionage campaign by the Chinese...
From 21 October until 1 November, delegates are meeting in Cali, Colombia to take stock of national pledges to protect nature, amid concerns countries...
Toronto — Beaches across Canada's far northeast Newfoundland and Labrador province have increasingly been littered with mysterious white blobs. Their appearance has so far befuddled...
Getty ImagesThese impacts are similar to what geologists have found about other big meteorite impacts and what was suspected for S2.But what Prof Drabon...