Life at the world’s end

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Harsh conditions and extreme isolation aren’t the only threats facin

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BBC Science Focus Magazine

10 June 2025

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Feel the force of the world’s biggest earthquakes and discover how these seismic events rock our cities and settlements

Newsweek

All systems go

DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO SEND A U.S. CREW TO MARS BY THE END OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM, A PLAN SPACEX BOSS ELON MUSK SAID IS ‘ DOABLE .’ ASTRONAUTS NEWSWEEK SPOKE TO QUESTIONED THE TIME FRAME BUT AGREED A FLIGHT TO THE RED PLANET WOULD SOON BE POSSIBLE

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Bulletin

Nearby star deaths may have caused two of our planet’s mass extinctions Exploding stars could have been responsible for ravaging our planet’s atmosphere and causing two mass extinctions. The discovery

Psychology Now

The psychology of the climate crisis

The climate crisis is a risk that our minds struggle to deal with, but psychological insights can help catalyse action

BBC Wildlife Magazine

Do we really know more about space than the ocean?

Well, not quite – but it’s true that about 80 per cent of our ocean floor remains unexplored and uncharted. Discovering what our ocean depths look like and what life might be found there is just as ch

National Geographic Traveller (UK)

Vietnam

THIS SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY IS FINALLY GETTING THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES, 50 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE WAR. FROM FEASTING IN IMPERIAL CITIES TO HIKING MISTY MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WITH INDIGENOUS TRIBES AND SLOWING DOWN ON SUBTROPICAL BEACHES, VIETNAM’S BREADTH OF ATTRACTIONS IS HARD TO BEAT. VISITOR NUMBERS ARE GROWING, AND THERE’S STILL MUCH TO DISCOVER