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Feast your eyes on our guide to the Star Wars movies ranked, worst to best! With 12 Force films (and counting), spanning multiple generations and yet all still somehow connected in the Star Wars universe, ranking them all from worst to best is no mean feat. While there are some obvious sweeping generalizations most fans … Read more
Often mistaken for primitive plants such as moss (if they are even noticed in the first place), lichens are actually not plants at all. They are a group of versatile symbiotic life-forms that play crucial roles in myriad ecosystems, from rain forests to Arctic tundra. Though some do closely resemble moss, others look like little … Read more
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How do you learn to read in the dark? You go to night school. How do you find out which are the best night vision binoculars? Keep reading! Shopping for night vision binoculars can be a real challenge, with so many options available (and many from less known brands). It is a market in continual … Read more
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Two babies have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease after over 14 years of development. Tay-Sachs is a severe neurological disease caused by a deficiency in an enzyme called HexA. This enzyme breaks down a fatlike substance that normally … Read more
Two particularly strange stars may have formed in a lucky collision, according to new research. What makes these two stars unusual is the high levels of carbon and oxygen at the surface of their atmospheres. Those elements are left behind as a star burns its helium, but that process takes place in the star’s core … Read more
Capture photos of wild plants and animals, identify species you come across and contribute to biodiversity and conservation research, suggests Layal Liverpool Life 9 February 2022 By Layal Liverpool Shutterstock/Wut_Moppie ONE of my New Year’s resolutions was to spend more time outdoors, in nature. Inevitably, there are apps for that, and the one I decided … Read more
The cost of living may be on the rise, but that doesn’t mean the price of a great Lego Star Wars set is too. You can now save a galactic £30 on a 1,351-piece Millennium Falcon set on Amazon. We’re huge fans of the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon set which features on our best … Read more
It is time to do away with buying new products and binning them at the end of their lives and instead create a circular economy in which old goods can be reused, recycled, or can restore the environment
It is the largest planet in the solar system, but just how big is Jupiter? The gas giant is approximately 318 times as massive as Earth, according to planetary scientist Alan Boss. If the mass of all of the other planets in the solar system were combined into one “super planet,” Jupiter would still be … Read more