Collections
Short reading paths, each following one idea.
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Light
What light does between leaving a star and arriving in your head.
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Under pressure
From a pressure cooker in Leh to the back of your fridge.
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What the Moon is doing
Tides, the far-side bulge, and the fine print on falling.
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Being wrong, usefully
Mistakes, theories and good guesses: how knowledge actually moves.
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Small lives
Bacteria, viruses and a leaf breathing out.
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Kitchen science
Rajma, curd, idli and bread: the chemistry you eat every day.
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Up there
Stars, planets, satellites and the Sun, from a power cut to a space station.