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'The Eagle has landed': A space geek remembers the Moon shot
As a 10-year-old 'space geek', Paul Rodgers was glued to the television when Neil Armstrong uttered the immortal words, 'The Eagle has landed.' Forty years on, he looks back at mankind's giant leap – and the Cold War politics that turned the space race into a mad dash
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A new journey of exploration for Michael Palin
Saturday, 4 July 2009
As the Royal Geographical Society's new head, Michael Palin is a man with the world in his hands. He tells Michael McCarthy of his passion for the spirit of Shackleton
Recording tracks Moon gatecrash attempt
Friday, 3 July 2009
Jonathan Brown: How British boffins observed Soviet efforts to thwart Americans in space race.
The Apollo hoax theories
Friday, 3 July 2009
9/11 and Kennedy aside, no event in world history has generated quite so many conspiracy theories than the Apollo moon landings. But do they stand up? Here are the best reasons why it couldn’t have happened, and the rebuttals. Of course, you may disagree.
How global warming shrank St Kilda's sheep
Friday, 3 July 2009
Darwinism turned on its head as milder winters allow smaller lambs to survive
Appeal for funds to fight curse of brain tumours
Friday, 3 July 2009
Where is the money to help young cancer victims, campaigners ask
Observations: The evolution of Darwin's festival
Friday, 3 July 2009
Charles Darwin ignored received wisdom when he wrote On the Origin of Species and, to mark the bicentenary of his birth, his hometown Shrewsbury is hosting a celebration that bends the conventions of the arts festival. Shift Time, which runs in the town from today until Sunday 12 July, calls itself "a festival of ideas", and is welcoming not only international artists, but scientists and renowned thinkers, too.
Shirley Dent: 'Are you just being weird now?’
Friday, 3 July 2009
Watch this youtube video fully comprehend the sheer and utter frustration which drove Brian Cox, research fellow of the Royal Society and professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester, to ask this question of a gormless TV producer.
Unlocked: the secrets of schizophrenia
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Steve Connor: Scientific breakthrough offers hope of new treatments for mental condition
Original Moonwalker
Thursday, 2 July 2009
How Neil Armstrong kept his feet on the ground despite becoming the most famous man on Earth.
Was the moon landing a mission to nowhere?
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Although we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, for many 21 December 1968 is the more important date.
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