Of the hundreds of thousands of asteroids in our solar system, it is all too feasible that one could strike Earth. If scientists discover this is likely to happen, what are our options for defending ourselves – and who will make the key decisions? Tomas Weber reports

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London’s Aim small-cap market is down 40% since mid 2021, but within that there has been a wide disparity of outcomes. Many 2021-vintage initial public offerings (IPOs) are down 80% or more. Yet one A

Network Rail plans to introduce new drones this year that can fly beyond the line of sight of an operator. PAUL CLIFTON finds out why that could revolutionise the way the railway is managed

In 2026, a team of astronauts will float inside a glossy white cylinder orbiting hundreds of kilometres above Earth. But this won’t be the International Space Station (ISS). It’ll be Haven-1 – the wor

It’s there or thereabouts. A technology index by researchers at Harvard, published last month, ranked 25 countries across five sectors: artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, biotechnology, spa