It’s nonsense to say fracking can be made safe, whatever guidelines we come up with
From crossing a road to fracking for oil, everything has inherent risks. At best, we can only aim to agree that, on balance, they are contained and justified.
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The science of finding buried bodies
50 years after the Moors Murders, UK police are still hoping to find a missing body. And scientists are working hard to help.
Does an anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field portend a coming pole reversal?
Are we headed to a magnetic reversal and all the global disruption that would bring? Enter archaeomagnetism. A look at the archaeological record in southern Africa provides some clues.
Plate tectonics: new findings fill out the 50-year-old theory that explains Earth’s landmasses
Fifty years on from a groundbreaking paper, geophysicists have progressed from believing continents never moved to thinking that every movement may leave a lasting memory on our planet.
From Stonehenge to Nefertiti: how high-tech archaeology is transforming our view of history
It takes more than a quick scan for high-tech archaeology to reveal history's secrets.
Explainer: how do archaeologists discover forgotten ancient monuments?
Advances in computer power mean archaeologists can now tell a huge amount about what's underground without picking up a spade.
How an undergraduate discovered tubes of plasma in the sky
Cleo Loi was an undergraduate when she made a startling discovery. Her story shows how brilliance, dedication and imagination drive science.
Many feared dead as second quake hits devastated Nepal
What led to the second major earthquake to hit Nepal in less than a month?
How technology, not spades, revealed what lies beneath Stonehenge
The recent discoveries at Stonehenge, including ritual monuments, burial mounds and a long barrow, are wonderful examples of how archaeological geophysics can be used in areas where excavation is hard…
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