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When Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders captured the iconic photo of the Earth rising above the surface of the Moon, he was taken by surprise. He’d been taking photos of craters and hadn’t expected to see the blue marble appear on the horizon. But he managed to take a snap that would later be dubbed the image of the century.
That was the story told in public for years. However, research in the Nasa archives by historian Robert Poole reveals that the photo had been much more planned than this tale lets on, as had the Christmas message the crew broadcast back to Earth.
Elsewhere today, we hear how, according to one new study, the degree to which someone is worried about climate change has no bearing on their willingness to make big changes to their lives to reduce it. Plus will new blood tests for dementia actually make a difference?
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Paul Rincon
Commissioning Editor, Science, Technology and Business
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The restored image of Earthrise. A high quality black and white image was coloured using hues from the original colour photos.
Image Credit: NASA, Apollo 8 Crew, Bill Anders; Processing and License: Jim Weigang
Robert Poole, University of Central Lancashire
Borman’s professionalism helped the risky Apollo 8 mission become a success.
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Energy efficient lightbulbs are useful – but more radical actions are available.
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Alice Brock, University of Southampton; Ian Williams, University of Southampton
Everyone surveyed opted for the least impactful climate actions, regardless of their level of knowledge or worries.
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Sebastian Walsh, University of Cambridge; Carol Brayne, University of Cambridge; Edo Richard, Radboud University
The NHS will trial a new blood test for dementia, which could be widely available in five years.
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Politics + Society
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Prabash Edirisingha, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Multigenerational households are the fastest growing household type in England and Wales but living with extended family is a commitment not to be taken lightly.
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Paul Whiteley, University of Essex
The US president’s ratings may be poor, but historical data and and analysis suggests, he could still win the election.
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Tom Harper, University of East London
China’s president Xi Jinping went to the recent summit with Joe Biden hoping to get some relief for the troubled Chinese economy.
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Nora Siklodi, University of Portsmouth; Nándor Révész, University of Portsmouth
Unless the EU itself reforms, Ukraine’s membership would make it one of the biggest beneficiary of the bloc’s budget.
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Philip Hancock, University of Essex
The excesses Christmas promotes are still underpinned by the idea that generosity, compassion and empathy are values that matter.
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Arts + Culture
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Stephen Collins, University of the West of Scotland
Productions such as Braveheart and Outlander present a narrow version of Scottish cultural identity.
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Joan Tumblety, University of Southampton
Here are the truths behind some of the major scenes from Ridley Scott’s new Napoleon biopic.
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Jessica Balanzategui, RMIT University; César Albarrán-Torres, Swinburne University of Technology
Do you remember the bizarre Salad Fingers videos from the early 2000s? They inspired a whole genre of genre-less online videos.
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Business + Economy
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Özlem Onaran, University of Greenwich
Prices remain high and there is much more the government could do to help people.
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Aisha Ijaz, Edge Hill University
Lessons from firms who’ve supported other causes.
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Environment
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Dave Petley, University of Hull
Satellites can detect land moving by just a few millimetres, but we can never be sure exactly how or when a slope will slide.
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Health
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Christine Loscher, Dublin City University
In one country where the chickenpox vaccine is already routine, cases have fallen by 97% since it was first introduced.
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Science + Technology
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Sonja Petrovic, The University of Melbourne; Milovan Savic, Swinburne University of Technology
Many TikTok creators, including creators of pornography, use the platform to promote themselves and their explicit content on other platforms.
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