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Shock of the News: Confessions of a Troublemaker ...

This October marks 50 years since a heavily shielded spacecraft, the Soviet Union’s Venera 9, parachuted into the atmosphere of Venus. Then, having landed, it did something extraordinary: it beamed ba

In the 17th century, the great maritime nations were vying to solve a puzzle that had confounded philosophers for many centuries: how to determine exact positions on the Earth’s surface. And in Britai

Meet the astronaut breaking new frontiers in space.

THIS YEAR HARRY ANDERSON BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY AND SAIL SOLO TO ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS. ELAINE BUNTING TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE DOUBLE ODYSSEY

Mr Editor Clements allows me just 650 words for Full throttle. That’s a problem this month because John Fitch – racer, sailor, inventor, polymath – crammed so much into his very long life. Two years b