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Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders

Life

Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders

We’ve finally solved the mystery of how even fairly big spiders can take to the skies, and it turns out it’s because they make flying machines that can barely be seen with the naked eye

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CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Technology

CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Culture

Richard Branson

Space

Why Richard Branson's promises about space tourism are empty

Comment

The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

Space

The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

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Astronauts in space

Space

Cosmic cooperation is just what space exploration needs

Leader

Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

Earth

Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

Regulars

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

Physics

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

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China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

Space

China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

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ESA eyes Venus mission or space telescope to launch by 2030

Space

ESA eyes Venus mission or space telescope to launch by 2030

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NASA sent a robot to the Red Planet to listen for marsquakes

Space

NASA sent a robot to the Red Planet to listen for marsquakes

Under a blanket of fog, NASA’s InSight lander and a pair of cubesats roared into space and set out on a mission to explore deep beneath the surface of Mars

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Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

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Space

Lunar X Prize to put a rover on the moon has been resurrected

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Space

Astronauts could 3D print tools from their own processed faeces

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Space

Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has finally fallen from the sky

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