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Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers. “It’s not a misconception − mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others,” Frederic Simard of France’s Institute

Many have followed NASA’s Artemis programme with unusual interest in recent weeks. Last month, the Artemis II crew completed a ten-day flyby around the Moon (the first crewed lunar fly-by since Apollo 17 in 1972), splashing down safely in the Pacific on 10 April, after travelling more than 400,000 kilometres from Earth. This is the greatest distance