One reader shares tales of adventures in her hot-air balloon

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There’s a worrying problem with the ‘Higgs field’ — the energy field that gives particles their mass. It seems to be dangerously close to having an inherent instability. In the absence of particles, t

During the fuel crisis in 1973 the government imposed 50mph limits to try and reduce fuel use, and this could well have made the whole concept of trying to save fuel a more mainstream idea. Today, wit

It’s a cold, clear February evening on Brighton beach. The sun has not yet dipped below the horizon and the last of the light is that strange, luminescent blue that presages dusk. Hundreds of pairs of

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