Abigail Hodder is a science journalist with an interest in neuroscience and pharmacology. She holds a BA in Biological Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and has since served as Editor ...

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Luca Parmitano is an astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He has spent 366 days in ...

During his second-ever spacewalk, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt water creeping across his face – and ...

After the passing of physicist Anthony Leggett, columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan remembers their personal connection with ...

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