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The explainer: Fungi

THE EXPLAINER: FUNGI THIS DIVERSE KINGDOM INCLUDES YEASTS, MOULDS, MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS What are fungi? Fungi are decomposing, fermenting, edible, toxic, carbon-sequestering, disease-causing, disease-curing, pollutant-busting, mind-bending, rain-generating, zombie-making marvels. They underpin almost all life on Earth, but are mostly situated underground and often overlooked. When we think of fungi, mushrooms spring to mind, but these […]

From the editor

Dan Cover

FROM THE EDITOR It’s fair to say that in the West we have an unhealthy relationship with fat. In the UK, before the pandemic, the NHS reported that 28 per cent of adults in England were classified as obese. Fourteen per cent of children aged four to five fall in the same bracket. And these […]

Gently does it

ESA’S ESTEC TEST CENTRE, THE NETHERLANDS At the largest satellite test facility in Europe, engineers have successfully unfolded this 11-metre, five-panel solar wing. It’s part of ESA’s EarthCARE (Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite mission, which aims to help us better understand how Earth’s atmosphere functions as a system, to give us more reliable climate […]

Conversation

CONVERSATION YOUR OPINIONS ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND BBC SCIENCE FOCUS LETTER OF THE MONTH WRITE IN AND WIN! The writer of next issue’s Letter Of The Month wins a set of Edifier TWS330 NB earbuds. These water-resistant earbuds will see you through a sweaty workout or a rainy commute, and are kitted out with noise-cancelling […]