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E-scooters far more dangerous than motorbikes or cycles, analysis suggests

Study of accidents in England and Wales shows e-scooter riders three times more likely to suffer traumatic brain injury than bikers

Ian Sample Science editor6 Aug

‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon

Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface

Mark Saunokonoko and agencies6 Aug

Unprecedented images may explain one of greatest mysteries of the sun

Highest-ever resolution pictures of our star could help show why its corona is millions of degrees hotter than its surface

Ian Sample Science editor5 Aug

SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision

Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400mph

Oliver Holmes5 Aug

SpaceX beats revenue expectations in first earnings report after IPO crash

Company beat analysts’ predictions to post $7.81bn in revenue, following stock plummet after IPO

Dara Kerr4 Aug

Did you solve it? Are you a match for the world’s smartest teen?

The solution to today’s puzzle

Alex Bellos3 Aug

Science funding cuts will harm Britain’s global standing

Letters: Readers respond to an editorial about the threat to research funding, including plans to close the Jodrell Bank Observatory

3 Aug

Children using social media at younger age appear to do worse in school tests

Pupils who open accounts aged 11 to 12 score lower in some subjects than those who wait a few years, study finds

Ian Sample Science editor3 Aug

Can you solve it? Are you a match for the world’s smartest teen?

A genius puzzle from a teenage genius

Alex Bellos3 Aug

Starwatch: Mercury to reach farthest point from the sun

Morning sky offers rare opportunity for a glimpse at solar system’s innermost world

Stuart Clark3 Aug

Artists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank Observatory

New Order and Simon Armitage among more than 100 signatories to criticise ‘foolish and shortsighted’ cuts

Geneva Abdul2 Aug

Is the cyclosporiasis outbreak slowing? Test-makers are hopeful

Data by one test-maker shows a positivity drop, but rate could be influenced by number of people taking test

Jessica Glenza31 Jul

Don’t let Jodrell Bank Observatory become another industrial museum

Letters: Readers respond to reports that the world-famous big dish is facing closure due to spending cuts by UK Research and Innovation

31 Jul

When dating fossils, it helps to be precise

Brief letters: Age-old problem | Soap as shampoo | Talking taxes | Rating Marmite | Washing-up water

30 Jul

Tell us: have you tried GLP-1s but they haven’t worked?

We would like to hear from people for whom GLP-1 drugs, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, have not worked

Guardian community team28 Jul

World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a physics brain drain

Funding crisis could lead to an exodus that would be a blow for British science and national growth

Ian Sample Science editor28 Jul

Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities

Ian Sample Science editor27 Jul

Gunther von Hagens, creator of Body Worlds and plastination, dies aged 81

Controversial anatomist’s body ‘will definitely be plastinated’ in line with his wishes, a spokesperson said

Philip Oltermann European culture editor27 Jul

‘Our country is the mission’: more than 100 ex-Nasa astronauts launch new voting campaign

Astronauts for America liken effort to instill trust and faith back in constitution’s principles and democratic institutions to ‘making a course correction’

Richard Luscombe27 Jul

Starwatch: The summer triangle returns to the northern sky

One of the easiest patterns to spot, combination of Vega, Deneb and Altair is also visible in the southern hemisphere

Stuart Clark27 Jul

Arts and humanities have a role in understanding space exploration

Letter: Prof Abbie Garrington reflects on an interview with the physicist Laura Grego about the battle for our skies

26 Jul