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Travelling to and eventually colonising Mars could be humanity’s best chance of longterm survival. But the opportunity to live on a new planet would come with unprecedented challenges – some predictable, some unforeseeable. In this animation-punctuated interview, the former NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman elaborates on several challenges we would face in making Mars our home, including the vast psychological burden on early settlers, and the extraordinary task of making the harsh Martian landscape habitable.
Producer: Marco Patricio
Directors: Stuart Langfield, Vinny Verma
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Family life
The precious family keepsakes that hold meaning for generations
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Neuroscience
This intricate map of a fruit fly brain could signal a revolution in neuroscience
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Archaeology
What did the first people who entered Tutankhamun’s tomb see?
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Information and communication
Coverage of the ‘balloon boy’ hoax forms a withering indictment of for-profit news
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Childhood and adolescence
Marmar is living through a devastating war – but she’d rather tell you about her new dress
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Computing and artificial intelligence
The ‘cloud’ requires heaps of energy to stay aloft. Could synthetic DNA be the answer?
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History
There are fragments of Romani Gypsy history all over the UK – if one knows where to look
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Biology
Brilliant dots of colour form exquisite patterns in this close-up of butterfly wings
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Anthropology
Does Mogi’s future lie with her horses on the Mongolian steppe, or in the city?
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