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GRAN SASSO, ITALY Current models suggest matter and antimatter should have been created in equal quantities in the Big Bang, but we are living in a Universe that is comprised mostly of matter. The LEGEND experiment is studying particles called neutrinos to find out why this is the case. When a particle combines with its […]

Rainbow bright

LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD Less than 160,000 light-years away from Earth is the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. This incredible infrared radio image, taken by the Herschel Space Observatory, peers through murky clouds to reveal the thermal glow of expanses of dust, undetectable to the human eye. Hydrogen gas, the most […]

Tardis tunnel

MASSACHUSETTS, USA This giant fan is the heart of the new and improved Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Said to be the most advanced academic wind tunnel in the US, it stands on the same site as the original Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel, which opened in 1938. The fan […]

Bones of soldiers that died at the battle of Waterloo were probably sold as fertiliser

Very few human remains have been found at the site of the conflict, despite thousands of soldiers being killed

Lack of diversity in gut microbiome may increase the risk of heart failure

Compounds produced in our guts after eating dairy, eggs and red meat can also raise the risk

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Did the T. rex actually have feathers?

Did the T. rex actually have feathers? EDDIE SMITH, VIA EMAIL The classic image of Tyrannosaurus rex is a reptilian monster. A green or brown, scale-covered brute that looks like an overgrown version of a crocodile or lizard. But in recent years, a new image has been making its way into books, television documentaries and […]

Astronomy for beginners

ILLUSTRATION: PETE LAWRENCE