Sara Rigby

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Paper wasps capable of logical reasoning © Elizabeth Tibbetts

Paper wasps capable of logical reasoning

Royal jelly vaccines may help to stop the decline of honey bees © Getty Images

Royal jelly ‘vaccines’ may help to stop the decline of honey bees

Nudge theory: ten subtle pushes that change how you think © Getty Images

Everyday science

Nudge theory 10 subtle pushes that change how you think

Dead and alive: why it's time to rethink quantum physics © Getty Images

Everyday science

Dead and alive: why it’s time to rethink quantum physics

Monkeys with human brain genes: has it crossed an ethical line? © Getty Images

Future Technology

Reality Check Monkeys with human brain genes: has it crossed an ethical line?

Artificial Intelligence creates never-ending death metal © Getty Images

Artificial Intelligence creates never-ending death metal

Notre-Dame: How faithfully can we rebuild the cathedral with modern tech? © Andrew Tallon, Vassar College

Future Technology

Reality Check How faithfully can we rebuild Notre-Dame with modern tech?

$© Diffractive Lightsails Grover Swartzlander Rochester Institute of Technology$

Light sails and stingray airships to explore space

What if the Earth’s magnetic field died? – Jim Al-Khalili © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast What if the Earth’s magnetic field died? – Jim Al-Khalili

What does a black hole look like? © EHT Collaboration

First ever image of black hole revealed

The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a complex exoplanetary atmosphere with clouds of iron and silicates swirling in a planet-wide storm. The technique presents unique possibilities for characterising many of the exoplanets known today © ESO/L. Calçada

Planet-wide storm discovered on alien world

UK porn block: What is it and will it work? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Reality Check What is the proposed UK porn block and will it work?

Erwin Schrödinger © Getty Images

Everyday science

Information Theory Explaining life with physics

Terminator-style stretchable metal created in lab © Alamy

Terminator-style stretchable metal created in lab