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H7X53M Los Cedros River, Cotacachi-Cayapas Reserve, Ecuador

Life

Robert Macfarlane is wrong to cast rivers as life forms in new book

We should protect Earth's rivers and forests with laws. But it is another matter to claim them as living beings, as Robert Macfarlane does in his new book Is a River Alive?

Culture

Sir David Attenborough looks out to sea in Southern England. From National Geographic and Silverback and in association with All3Media International, documentary special OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH highlights the vital, achievable actions the world can take to restore the ocean and stabilize the climate, debuting in 2025. (Photo by Conor McDonnell)

Life

�鶹��ý recommends Ocean with David Attenborough

Culture

Egret Take off at Pallikaranai Marsh, Chennai, India

Life

Chronicling nature activism in a coastal corner of India

Culture

Mudlark in gloves examines an old, green glass poison bottle with embossed text ? London Museum Mudlarkers photographed on the Thames between Millenium Bridge and Southwark Bridge along with finds, landscape views and close ups.

Humans

�鶹��ý recommends Secrets of the Thames mudlarking exhibition

Culture

HR8B2Y Tocharian manuscript THT133

Humans

An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

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GB. England. Black Country. Wolverhampton. Compton. Royston Blythe hair salon. 2012.

Mind

Why saying no is so hard and what we can do about it

Culture

An artist?s impression of the Martian settlement SpaceX has envisioned. Image: SpaceX https://www.spacex.com/humanspaceflight/mars/

Technology

Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

Culture

W7E22Y Adolf Hitler at a car show in Berlin, Germany, 1935. Artist: Unknown. Image shot 1935. Exact date unknown.

Comment

�鶹��ý recommends David de Jong's Nazi Billionaires

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Comment

Black Mirror returns full of delights and disappointments

Culture

Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the book club’s thoughts on our latest read, the weird and wild Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva. Warning: spoilers ahead

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Comment

Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

Culture

Space

Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

Culture

Physics

Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

Culture

Space

�鶹��ý recommends The Martian – sci-fi fun for all the family

Culture