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

Adrian Thomas pieces together the garden ecosystem

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

THERE’S a line in one of the seasonal hymns we sing in church which runs, “’Tis winter now, the fallen snow has left the heavens all coldly clear.” When this happens, areas and landscapes are almost s

Anyone who’s ever attempted a New Year reset will be familiar with the overwhelming feeling of trying to break well-worn habits and squeeze new activities – whether that’s journalling, practising mind

Many of the most dramatic cosmic events take the form of explosions, from asteroid impacts to the Big Bang itself. Here are some of the most spectacular examples