China eyes the moon, Mars and space dominance
On May 28, China launched Tianwen-2, a robotic mission that aims to land on a tumbling near-Earth asteroid…
Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda review – stories to soothe and haunt you
Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda is a sinuous collection, weaving 12 visionary stories set in a parallel version of…
Cooperation and consolidation: reshaping Europe’s space industry to last
Despite its inclusion in the official French name — le Salon International de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace —…
What we can learn from the eerie worlds we leave behind
When we abandon places, something is lost, but something is gained too. As journalist Murray Kempton wrote: ‘Nothing…
Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Deborah Tomkins
Earth Shattering EcoPoems by Neil Astley There is lament and climate grief in these carefully selected poems, but…
Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil by Harry Freedman review
No cliche is left unturned in Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil, a workmanlike and rather pointless retelling…
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review
Irene Solà’s second novel I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness flattens chronology. Solà invites the…
A reinvigorated push for nuclear power in space
When reporters revisit President John F. Kennedy’s address to a joint session of Congress in 1961, it is…
Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
The subtitle of Katie Goh’s Foreign Fruit – A Personal History of the Orange – hints at the…
Why Putin’s Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin
But when, one cold morning in March 1953, Stalin failed to emerge in the morning, and then in…