Manchester City’s fortunes changed dramatically with the takeover by Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi. But after years of success, Europe’s governing body has banned the club from its most prestigious tournament, the Champions League. David Conn explains why. Plus: Alok Jha on the ethics of gene editing
The city’s toxic air has been linked to allergies, respiratory conditions, birth malformations and increasing incidence of cancers. But as a recent car-free experiment showed, action to cut pollution can be effective
Antarctica is a dangerous place where one false drunken move can be deadly. But social bonds are vital in this bleak continent, and it would be a shame if some bases were made dry
The Nevada Test Site was established a few years after the end of the second world war, against the fear of an all-out nuclear attack from the Soviet Union.
A French experimental nuclear fusion reactor could be the site of breakthroughs that will provide limitless, clean energy and secure the planet’s future, writes Alok Jha
Alok Jha: Albert Einstein's famous equation E=mc2 for the first time connected the mass of an object with its energy and heralded a new world of physics
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