Richard Corfield
NewsLiquid explosives detectors entering service at airports
New technology may put an end to restrictions on liquids in hand luggage
FeatureThe enduring controversy of the Turin Shroud
Far from putting the debate to rest, the dating of the Turin Shroud merely fuelled the controversy, as Richard Corfield discovers
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Houston, we've had a problem
On the 40th anniversary of the explosion on board Apollo 13 , Richard Corfield reports on the cause and how teamwork returned the astronauts to Earth safely
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Identifying the lost soldiers of Fromelles
More than 90 years on, recently found bodies of 250 soldiers who died during the Battle of Fromelles in the first world war need identifying. Richard Corfield investigates
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A modern take on Darwin
Revisiting Darwin's evolutionary insight in the context of modern genetics
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One giant leap
NASA's Apollo missions answered many questions about the Moon - and as NASA unveils plans to return, lunar chemistry will again play a prominent role, says Richard Corfield
FeatureGenome maverick
In an exclusive interview, controversial scientist and entrepreneur Craig Venter tells Richard Corfield how he thinks synthetic genomics can save the planet
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The chemists who saved biology
A long voyage led one young chemist to steer evolutionary biology onto the right course. Richard Corfield explores the life of chemistry's Darwin
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Makeshift to Mars
The red planet has claimed many a plucky spacecraft. Richard Corfield discovers how Nasa's latest attempt hopes to overcome the odds with a different approach
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The greenhouse in the sky
Venus could be the ultimate example of what can happen when an atmospheric greenhouse effect runs away. A mission to the planet four billion years ago might have shed some light on what is happening on Earth. But Esa's Venus Express probe will instead foc
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The X-philes of evolution
It's time to stop thinking of enzymes as delicate entities that fall apart under the slightest pressure. Richard Corfield introduces us to the amazing world of thermophilic enzymes and extremophiles.
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Timed to perfection
Do we want clocks accurate to one second every 30 billion years? At that precision, gravity weighs down the passage of time - though it might be easier to find your way around the planet. Richard Corfield reports.
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Signatures of time
Richard Corfield explains how stable isotopes are helping to pinpoint geologic time.
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Mapping migration
Isotopic ratios in the feathers of birds hold evidence of their comings and goings, and may explain some of the mysteries of migration.