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James Kingsland

James Kingsland is the Guardian's former science production editor

April 2017

  • Jairo Galvis ayahuasca-preparation-with-chacruna

    Notes & Theories
    A puke bucket and an ancient drug: is ayahuasca the future of PTSD treatment?

    I visited Peru to find out more about an intriguing ayahuasca study – and to have my own experience with the psychedelic brew

May 2016

  • Jack Nicholson standing on the shoulders of Will Sampson, both grabbing a chain-link fence, in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

    Self and wellbeing
    Would you give yourself an electric shock to avoid being alone with your thoughts?

  • Psilocybe cubensis 'Magic Mushrooms'

    Notes & Theories
    Why psychedelics could be a new class of antidepressant

March 2016

  • Buddhist monks meditate during Makha Bucha day at Wat Pan Tao in Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 22, 2016. Makha Bucha Day honours Buddha and his teachings, and falls on the full moon day of the third lunar month. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

    Notes & Theories
    Could meditation really help slow the ageing process?

    It may seem unlikely, but a small and growing body of evidence suggesting that regular meditation can indeed slow ageing, as least at a cellular level

December 2014

  • Anzu wyliei – a bird-like dinosaur nicknamed the 'chicken from hell'

    2014 in review
    Weird and wonderful: the most popular science stories of 2014

    From a tapeworm that made its home in a man’s brain to a dinosaur dubbed the chicken from hell, it’s been a bumper year for bizarre science
  • The view from the Orion spacecraft as it climbs to orbit.

    Across the universe
    Nasa's Orion spacecraft completes 'picture perfect' test flight – as it happened

    Nasa has successfully launched its Orion crew vehicle and returned it to Earth. It’s hoped that the new craft will eventually take astronauts to Mars
  • This happened on April 21, 2014, when Hubble was being used to monitor changes in Jupiter's immense Great Red Spot (GRS) storm. During the exposures, the shadow of the Jovian moon Ganymede swept across the center of the GRS. This gave the giant planet the uncanny appearance of having a pupil in the center of a 10,000-mile-diameter "eye."

    A month in space
    Jupiter's gaseous eye, a moon impaled and a Halloween sun – in pictures

    This month’s pick of the best space-related imagery has a theme: pareidolia, or the human tendency to see meaningful shapes and patterns where none exists

November 2014

  • Kofi Annan

    Kofi Annan calls for the tackling of depression to be made a global priority

  • The the first panoramic image from the surface of comet Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with a sketch of the Philae lander to show it's assumed orientation.

    Across the universe
    Rosetta mission team makes final plans to save Philae lander - as it happened

  • First image from the Rosetta mission's Philae lander

    Across the universe
    Rosetta mission: Esa weighs options for moving Philae lander – as it happened

  • Artist’s impression of Rosetta’s lander Philae on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Follow the deployment and landing attempt on this liveblog.

    Across the universe
    Rosetta mission: Philae craft may have bounced during comet landing – as it happened

  • Science book club
    Royal Society books shortlist: Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik – review

  • Notes & Theories
    Dalai Lama enlightens and enraptures contemplative scientists in Boston

October 2014

  • New ebola pic

    Ebola virus: how it spreads and what it does to you – video

    Ian Sample explains how Ebola is transmitted, the organs it disrupts, the symptoms of infection and the chances of survival

September 2014

  • The sun emitting a mid-level solar flare

    A month in space
    A spacewalk selfie, the Giant Squid Nebula and an origami solar array – in pictures

    This month’s roundup of the best space-related imagery in the known universe includes a dramatic solar flare, a cosmonaut’s selfie and an improbable marriage between technology and the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding

August 2014

  • This view, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC 1433.

    A month in space
    An anniversary on Mars, the death throes of a galaxy and space lettuce – in pictures

    Our collection of the best space imagery of the summer includes the Curiosity Mars rover, a galaxy that’s going out with a bang, and lettuce grown on the International Space Station

July 2014

  • Robert Winston

    Notes & Theories
    Do we have the right to shape human evolution, wonders Robert Winston

    Watch the IVF expert deliver the Physiological Society summer lecture, 'Shall we be human in the next century?'

June 2014

  • This light-year-long knot of interstellar gas and dust resembles a caterpillar on its way to a feast. The caterpillar-shaped knot, called IRAS 20324+4057, is a protostar in a very early evolutionary stage.

    A month in space
    A cosmic tadpole, Jupiter's shrinking spot and Nasa's flying saucer – in pictures

    In this month's roundup of the best space imagery, a giant storm is waning on Jupiter, Nasa prepares its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, and a galaxy cluster known as 'the fat one' lives up to its name

May 2014

  • Closeup of John Harrison's H3 sea clock

    Political science
    Longitude Prize 2014: six great challenges of our time – as it happened

    Jessica Bland is at the BBC in London for the unveiling of the shortlist for the Longitude Prize 2014 – a £10m fund to solve one of the greatest problems of our time

April 2014

  • A month in space: anechoic chamber

    A month in space
    A cosmic plughole, echoes from the big bang and the most peaceful place on Earth – in pictures

    This month's roundup of stunning space imagery includes a black hole spinning at half the speed of light, evidence of primordial gravitational waves, and a spiky chamber that excludes all radio, TV and cellphone signals
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