Space & Discovery
The Survey Mapping the Last Blank Part of the Ocean
Robot submarines are charting a seabed we still know less about than the surface of Mars.
Issue 214
Reading the week closely: culture, food, ideas and the wider world.
Science Correspondent
A former marine biologist, Samir now explains other people's research and keeps all of the error bars in.
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Robot submarines are charting a seabed we still know less about than the surface of Mars.
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August's total eclipse gave scientists a rare few minutes to study the Sun's atmosphere, and data is still coming in.
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The timing of meals may matter more than nutritionists realised. Chronobiologists are starting to find out why.
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New autonomous submersibles are returning images from the ocean's midnight zone that astonish even veterans.
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