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Mammals,28-04-2024,Heat,5 - Heat,Elephants, Zebra and Springbok gather in high densities at one of the dwindling waterholes in Etosha Salt pan, Namibia. ,BBC Studios,Screen Grab

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Attenborough dominates our pick of 2024's best documentaries to date

Enjoy the year's top documentaries so far, including David Attenborough on the rise of the mammals and a profile of Victor Glover, soon to be the first Black astronaut to orbit the moon

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Male artist, painting a new creative painting in his art studio

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Creativity's origins are probably too complex for simple explanations

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Eastern Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) hatching from egg. Captive, occurs in South East Europe.

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Why eggs should be front and centre in the story of evolution

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Beaten egg whites with sugar for Meringue in a mixing bowl with an electric hand whisk. Cooking process with kitchen utensils.

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How science can help you whip up perfect egg whites for your bakes

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Illustration of life forms on a hypothetical planet with a slightly lower mass than the Earth. It has shallow seas and extreme tides due to its large moon (thin crescent at left). The vegetation is translucent which allows the light to shine through, so it seems to be glowing, due to it being backlit in this image.

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The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Ball/Shutterstock (356629a) HALE BOPP COMET COMET HALE BOPP

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Sarah Perry's Enlightenment is a moving story of love and astronomy

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E8X75D Image concept of magnetic levitating above a high-temperature superconductor, cooled with liquid nitrogen.

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Why we are finally within reach of a room-temperature superconductor

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Matt Damon in The Martian

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Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong

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Joel Edgerton must escape the multiverse in a gripping sci-fi series

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G2C3CA Tree trunk looks like smiling face in golden autumn garden

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The "science of weird shit" and making sense of the paranormal

Chris French, who runs the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, explores what lies behind claims of ghosts, aliens and reincarnation in his new book

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Johann Hari's compelling but flawed look at the new weight-loss drugs

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The best new science fiction books of May 2024

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Carbon-negative cement can be made with a mineral that helps catch CO2

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A radical new book sets out to hunt for 'pure consciousness'

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