‘Galactic Britain’: how Cornwall is winning the European space race
Photojournalist Jonny Weeks explores how south-west is primed for first launch of a satellite-bearing rocket from UK soil
Historic England to offer virtual flights over ancient landscapes
Aerial Archaeological Mapping Explorer will allow users to see landscapes from England’s past
Father of the Cyborgs review – the Indiana Jones of neuroscience
This film exploring the ideas of Dr Phil Kennedy, who had an electrode implanted in his brain, throws up interesting prospects for the human future
Why haven’t we invented a way to record and play back smells?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
William Shatner confirms he will go into space on Blue Origin rocket
90-year-old actor who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek will become the oldest person to reach space
Robots: stealing our jobs or solving labour shortages?
From fast food to farming, Covid-19 has accelerated the rise of the worker robots. This in turn will put more jobs at risk and makes the need to reframe society ever more urgent
The truth about artificial intelligence? It isn’t that honest
Tests of natural language processing models show that the bigger they are, the bigger liars they are. Should we be worried?
Jeff Bezos’s space flight firm ‘rife with sexism’, employees’ letter claims
Open letter by current and ex-staffers alleges ‘consistently inappropriate’ behaviour by Blue Origin leaders
‘You can’t sue your way to the moon’: Elon Musk intensifies Bezos space feud
SpaceX founder, who in April won a contract from Nasa, took a jab at Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for suing when it lost out on deal
From Babylon to Google: a history of weather forecasting
AI has taken the place of astrology as humans have worked through the millennia for knowledge of when it will rain
New Zealand kea can use touchscreens but can’t distinguish between real and virtual worlds
Study finds the intelligent endangered alpine parrots can be trained to use electronic devices with their tongues
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life review – beautiful and honest study of an amazing man
Remarkable footage shows the pioneering neurologist at work in this excellent documentary
The smart toilet era is here! Are you ready to share your analprint with big tech?
Loo design has barely changed in 150 years – until now. Will people trade their privacy for the chance to find out exactly what is in their waste?
Percy vs Goliath review – Christopher Walken battles Big Agriculture
The New Yorker makes no effort to sound Canadian or look like real life Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser, but he still steals the show
Gaia review – attack of the killer mushrooms
A terrifying contagion spreads in this chilling South African eco-horror that takes the fun out of fungi