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Humans

The Tenth Muse review: A story in which the women count

In her new historical novel, Catherine Chung celebrates the women who shaped modern mathematics - and wonders why they weren't paid

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Science protest

Environment

Naomi Oreskes asks “why trust science” in an age of denialism

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Silly Putty

Technology

Flop, an exhibition about failure, shows the joy and pain of mistakes

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Manual Override exhibition

Physics

Don’t miss: Art meets science, atoms find love and numbers grow curves

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Paul Rudd as Miles Elliot in Living With Yourself

Life

Netflix’s Living With Yourself shows the dangers of perfectionism

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meditation

Mind

How does consciousness work? A radical theory has mind-blowing answers

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aeronauts film poster

Life

Don’t miss: Risky flights, idiotic experiments and the secrets of life

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Will smith

Technology

Will Smith’s action thriller Gemini Man falls into major logic holes

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The family from the film The Farewell

Humans

The Farewell explores the ethics of lying about a cancer diagnosis

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Earth

David Attenborough’s life lesson to kids: Live life, just don’t waste

Seven Worlds, One Planet, David Attenborough’s stunning celebration of Earth’s biodiversity, prepares a new generation to save a beautiful world

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Life

Don’t miss: Sleepless nights, ephemeral worlds and telepathic terrors

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Space

A sci-fi anthology offers widely divergent glimpses of the future

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Space

Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

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Life

Hunting facts in the classic tale Moby-Dick makes for a strange voyage

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