Science Digest

Our new video with Zandy Forbes, President and CEO of @MeiraGTx, is now live. Check it out here: youtu.be/RFpHmL8-KVo

We also have a second video with Prof El-Baz, where he details the panic in Mission Control when they found out the Lunar Lander Eagle was not where they planned it to be when it descended. youtube.com/watch?v=e4ZbkZ…

Today marks 53 years since the iconic Apollo 11 mission successfully put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. In our new video, former NASA scientist Farouk El-Baz reveals a secret mission he gave the pair to complete. youtube.com/watch?v=3-9oal…

This not only opens up the possibility of understanding the impacts of spaceflight on the human body but could also help mitigate the effects of ageing.

These microscopic worms, known as C. elegans, share many of the essential characteristics as humans and are affected by biological changes in space.

Our new video, with @csbd7, explains why @spacegovuk has sent thousands of worms up to the ISS as part of the Molecular Muscle Experiment. youtube.com/watch?v=jNJcz5…

Turing was shockingly prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts. He accepted chemical castration to avoid a prison sentence. Two years later, he was found dead from cyanide poisoning at just 41 years old. #PrideMonth

On what would have been his 110th birthday, our new @Science__Digest video with @KHClem remembers Alan Turing and the heroic work of those at Bletchley Park that helped crack Enigma during World War 2. youtube.com/watch?v=ei5cd7…

Titanic expert @Timmaltin explains how an optical phenomenon on April 15, 1912, caused lookouts on the famed vessel to see the iceberg too late in our new @Science__Digest video. youtube.com/watch?v=50f-ZK…

Professor @malcolm_mjj, from @LivUni, explains how the @MicroAgeUoL team, funded by the @spacegovuk, sent muscle tissue to the ISS to help learn more about ageing. youtube.com/watch?v=D6bau7…

Our first video with @PulsarFusion is now live youtube.com/watch?v=I6pBVB…