The Artemis II space mission realises NASA’s bid, since 1972, to put humans back on the moon. NASA’s Apollo 17 programme in December 1972 marked the last human footsteps on the Moon — more than 50 years ago. Commander Reid Weisman, pilot Victor Glober, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen were the astronaut crew chosen to chart this next path beyond Earth’s borders. The Artemis II mission aims to prove human spaceflight capabilities and pave the way for future lunar...

As a soon-to-be university graduate, I cannot help but think I am getting old. Chatting with my younger cousins applying to university, or first years excited about their first May Dip, I am only 21 and already feel the looming fear of ageing. It is a feeling shared far beyond fourth-years: whether you are finishing high school, leaving your teens, or starting a new job, there is always an impending feeling that time is suddenly moving too fast. No matter your age — 16, 30, or 70 —...

Picture a harmless pre-game ritual like taking an ibuprofen before a basketball match, only for it to trigger a severe medical emergency that leaves you with burns across your body and eyes. That was the devastating reality for thirteen-year-old Brent Chapman from North Vancouver, whose life changed forever after a chemical reaction left him in a 27-day coma, ultimately costing him his vision. Countless surgeries followed, including multiple transplants that briefly offered chances of...