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Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human

In a smart, compassionate novel, Sierra Greer spins the tired trope of a robot challenging its fate into sci-fi gold

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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An animation of the primitive Earth in the process of formation, more than four billion years ago. We view the newborn world from its troubled surface a sea of lava dotted with volcanoes spewing more lava, ash and smoke into the atmosphere. Meteorites fall frequently, illuminating the black, lifeless, surface rocks. And in the sky, the Moon -- much closer to us then than it is now -- endures a similar bombardment.

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The Story of Earth's Climate review: 25 discoveries tell tangled tale

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Father and daughter sitting at kitchen table near window in discussion

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Bad therapy review: Is mental health industry fuelling youth crisis?

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A close-up view of a burial trench between rows of individual graves, excavated between the concrete foundations of the Royal Mint, from the excavation of the Black Death cemetery, East Smithfield, London, view looking west. (Photo by MOLA/Getty Images)

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Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages

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�鶹��ý recommends London's When Forms Come Alive exhibition

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�鶹��ý recommends London's When Forms Come Alive exhibition

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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HOUSTON, TEXAS - MAY 28: An attendee of the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention argues with gun control advocates outside of the George R. Brown Convention Center on May 28, 2022 in Houston, Texas. The annual National Rifle Association convention comes days after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas which left 19 students and 2 adults dead, with the gunman fatally shot by law enforcement officers. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Supercommunicators review: Learning how to change deeply held beliefs

In Charles Duhigg's new book, we discover why some people are great at getting others to alter entrenched views, where conversation fits in and how neuroscience underpins it all

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Constellation review: Thriller's science frustrates but it looks great

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�鶹��ý recommends: A City on Mars and True Detective

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Wise Animals review: Exploring the entwined worlds of humans and tech

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Amid (more) Hugo awards controversy, let's remember some past greats

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