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Some more depth on the science behind the century

Neon lights the sky up at night

The nature of plasma is at the heart of how neon lights.

Taking photos of the brain reacting to external stimuli? Discover how FMRI works.

Once as vital to teenage life as Beatles wigs and winklepickers: get our instructions for building a crystal radio set.

Professor John Zarnecki explores the first fifty years of space exploration.

You might get a lot of thrust, but it's at the expense of control. Fireworks, moonshots - and Geeks - rely on the same rocket science.

John Naughton delivered his inaugural lecture on The Social Life of Networks. Listen to the lecture.