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Salt Water Crocodile

Crocodile's diet may be key to survival

Crocodiles may have survived millenia, but they're facing threats from climate change to cane toads. A thorough understanding of their diet may be necessary to help them survive.




Helioseismic map of the solar interior

Mystery of missing sunspots solved

The Sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots have been puzzlingly scarce for several years. Now, solar physicists think they understand why.




Crops

Preparing for doomsday

Climate change, resurgent diseases and a growing population are all having an impact on global food security. It's an important nut to crack – and part of the solution is a vast library of seeds.




Moon power

Nuclear power on the Moon

When NASA astronauts set up the first manned outpost on the Moon, they may well pack a kilogram of uranium to take along with them.


V838 Monocerotis

The Hubble telescope: a time machine that revolutionised astronomy

The Hubble Space Telescope, the object of NASA's fifth and final servicing mission this week, has revolutionised our view and understanding of the universe.


The multiverse

A brief guide to cosmology

Confused by inflation and the CMB? Perplexed by dark energy and dark matter? Want to know what happened after the Big Bang? Then read on to learn how it all fits together.