How nature records history

YOUR QUESTIONS

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

From strange lights in the sky to rocks that spontaneously glide across the ground, the mysteries scientists are trying to finally crack

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

A year in the life of the eighteenth-century naturalist

From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe