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Ian Sample is joined by Prof Beth Biller to talk about the James Webb space telescope, which is scheduled to launch on 22 December, and could give us a view of the universe deeper and more sensitive than we’ve ever had before

Nicole Kidman is back in creepy mode in Amazon’s new series, and Benedict Cumberbatch gets embroiled in some 60s spy games

Latest updates: Boris Johnson has suggested the government is considering a range of measures to deal with the variant first discovered in India

Sunday 25 April, 12midnight, Sky Cinema Oscars She’s got the Coben … The Innocent. Photograph: Quim Vives Netflix’s latest adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel following binge-worthy series The Stranger is this twisty Spanish-language thriller. Recently released from prison, Mateo (Mario Casas) reunites with his wife Olivia (Aura Garrido), but their life is again thrown into turmoil by a phone call. Friday 30 April, Netflix Anita Rani presents this emotional series focusing on rand...

TO MARK the one year anniversary of the first national lockdown last month, the Guardian published profiles of Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty. “The wealthy civil servant’s year of speaking truth to power” was the title of the fawning article on Vallance. Discussing the early days of the pandemic, the Guardian’s Rupert Neate asserted “Vallance may have been one of the few people in Whitehall who understood what was coming.” Echoin...

Physicists are always looking for eureka moments – but we should be careful with headline-grabbing announcements, says physicist Carlo Rovelli

Last modified on Tue 2 Mar 2021 00.11 EST The Guardian and the Observer have gained 33 nominations for the National Press Awards, with shortlist places for reporters, feature writers and commentators from across the two publications. Coronavirus was a dominant theme among the shortlisted entries, with Matthew Weaver’s story on Dominic Cummings’ lockdown breach nominated for the prestigious scoop of the year category. There were also nominations for the Guardian’s health editor, Sarah Bose...

I know it has been a helluva week....but since I am one of the few bloggers with an eye on space I need to report the stuff happening. Was that a message? On December 18, 2020, Ian Sample of the Guardian published a report about a tantalizing radio signal at 982.002MHz that was detected within…

Scientific American Did We Receive a Message from a Planet Orbiting the Nearest Star? A radio blip, seemingly from Proxima Centauri, where an Earth-size planet world orbits in the habitable zone, is tantalizing—but it’s probably not a signal from aliens Advertisement On December 18, 2020, Ian Sample of the Guardian published a report about a tantalizing radio signal at 982.002MHz that was detected within the Breakthrough Listen project by the Parkes telescope in Australia from the nearest ...

Last modified on Tue 15 Dec 2020 06.38 EST Good morning. The US attorney general and Trump ally, William Barr, has resigned, weeks after he contradicted the president over claims of voter fraud. Barr revealed that the justice department had not found any evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, and speculation that he might leave the White House began almost immediately afterwards. Barr is the latest senior official to leave the White House after challenging president’s altern...