Ruth Padel has published five volumes of poetry, the most recent of which is The Soho Leopard.

In aperture synthesis, the individual dishes move one step at a time along railway tracks, registering radio waves from the ...

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Guatemala’s future is on the line, as its new president Bernardo Arévalo battles a corrupt political establishment ...

Ukraine built a national identity over 30 years. Russia’s invasion has put it to the ultimate test Battleground Ukraine: From ...

NHS midwife Piroska Cavell was in the middle of her night shift and caring for a woman in labour when she realised that she couldn’t move her mouth. Alone in a hospital room, she was physically unable ...

I didn’t understand Taylor Swift fans until I married a football supporter. The pop star’s intense fandom had confused me for quite a while. Her songs seemed bland and formulaic, her image wholesome, ...

We'll never be able to visit the plasma at the edge of a black hole – but scientists managed to recreate it in a lab In school, we learn that there are three basic states of matter: solid, liquid and ...

Blood transfusions save millions of lives every year, but they come with a critical caveat: compatibility. Using the incorrect blood type will result in immediate rejection, which can cause kidney ...