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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

Space

December 18, 2025

6 minute read

Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier

Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier

Earth

byThanh Son Pham

December 18, 2025

3 minute read

A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete

A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete

December 18, 2025

4 minute read

What’s the difference between a tumour and cancer?

What’s the difference between a tumour and cancer?

Health and Body

December 17, 2025

3 minute read

Could life exist on Mars today? Here’s what the latest evidence says

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4 minute read

Space

Could life exist on Mars today? Here’s what the latest evidence says

Part of the ancient lake delta in Jezero Crater on Mars. JPL-Caltech Seán Jordan, Dublin City University and…

October 15, 2025

Unravelling life’s origin: five key breakthroughs from the past five years

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5 minute read

Nature

Unravelling life’s origin: five key breakthroughs from the past five years

MisFluffy/Shutterstock Seán Jordan, Dublin City University and Louise Gillet de Chalonge, Dublin City University There is still so…

May 23, 2024