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Secret Worlds review: Immerse yourself in amazing animal senses

From spiders that rebuild their eyes daily to bats that use infrared to detect veins, Secret Worlds, a new book by Martin Stevens, reveals senses that are staggeringly different from our own

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Don’t Miss: Lessons from plants and how they can help us thrive

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The Tomorrow War review: Chris Pratt time travels to save our future

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Don’t Miss: Everyone Needs Beauty examines nature’s impact on health

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Life

Wild Crimes review: Shocking illegal wildlife trade exposed in podcast

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Don’t Miss: Asteroids is a cracking book about our future in space

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Humans

The Surrogate review: A gripping film about a difficult moral dilemma

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How Stella Learned to Talk review: Can a dog really talk?

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Grima (Guðrún Eyfjörð) lives in the shadow of a strange volcano

Earth

Katla review: A dark, mysterious thriller with a supernatural volcano

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Humans

Jungle review: How tropical forests helped shape human evolution

Patrick Roberts's new book Jungle tells the story of tropical forests, from their origins hundreds of millions of years ago to their current perilous condition, and how they shaped the world and us

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Technology

Bakelite made the 20th century, but the plastic’s legacy is sobering

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Humans

Don’t Miss: Biohackers returns to Netflix for season 2

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Humans

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers is joyful sci-fi reading

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Space

Voyagers review: Lord of the Flies in space is full of mystery

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