Emily Smith

Space 7 June 2019 The International Space Station is set to get private visitorsNASA By Leah CraneThe International Space Station is open for business. NASA announced on 7 June that it is expanding the use of the orbital laboratory to include astronauts from private companies and activities beyond just research and development. This means that…

Life 7 June 2019 The striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) can switch to making flowers of a different sexErin Paul Donovan / Alamy By Chelsea WhyteBeing female can be tough, even for trees. A study of the life cycle of striped maples – which can change sex from season to season – has revealed that healthy…

UK campaigners protesting for access to the Orkambi in 2017Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA/Shutterstock By Clare Wilson“She’s our child, nothing else matters – I’d lose my house before I take her off the treatment,” says Nina White from Kent, mum of seven-year-old Beatrice. Beatrice has cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition causing progressive worsening of lung function, which is…

Space 7 June 2019 False colour image of the South Pole-Aitken BasinNASA/GSFC/University of Arizona By Jonathan O’CallaghanAt the south pole of the moon is a giant crater called the South Pole-Aitken Basin, about 2500 kilometres across. It is thought to have been created by a large asteroid striking the moon 4 billion years ago and…

#FactsMatter | Read the headlines, and you would think we are eating more sugar than ever before – but the numbers reveal a very different story, says James Wong Health | Comment 5 June 2019 ATU Images/Getty ImagesBy James Wong UNLESS you have been hiding under a stick of rock these past few years, you…

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