The common cooking ingredient has sparked fierce debate since the US health secretary urged people to avoid it It’s curious that something so bland could cause so much controversy. Most of us have a bottle of seed oil, normally called vegetable oil in the UK, in our kitchens – a...
Dazzling planet, moon and stars tableau to usher in April
The pinnacle of this celestial display will be the waxing crescent moon cruising past the Pleiades star cluster We start April with a glorious tableau of planet, moon and stars. The chart shows the view looking west-south-west from London at 2030 BST on 1 April. The last of the twilight...
First orbital rocket launched from mainland Europe crashes after takeoff
Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonetheless A test rocket intended to kickstart satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from Norway on Sunday, in what the German startup Isar Aerospace had described...