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Space

What would life on Earth be like if our planet were cube-shaped?

In the two-part season finale of Dead Planets Society, our hosts are turning Earth into a cube with fascinating results – walking to space, enormous sea monsters and more

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Apartment air conditioners in a building in Singapore

Technology

Cooling system could replace air con and drastically cut energy use

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Read an extract from Julia by Sandra Newman

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Read an extract from Julia by Sandra Newman

Culture

‘It felt detoxifying’: Retelling 1984 from a female perspective

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‘It felt detoxifying’: Retelling 1984 from a female perspective

Culture

Les scientifiques du CNRS et de l?universit? chilienne d?Antofagasta collectent des ?chantillons et de l?eau sur la Laguna Roja au nord du Chili. Avec un petit canot pneumatique, ils vont s?aventurer sur ce lac d?arsenic pour r?colter avec une bouteille sp?ciale, de l?eau ? diff?rente profondeur pour faire des analyses chimiques et voir si des microorganismes arrivent ? vivre dans ces conditions extr?mes.

Life

Chile's Atacama salt flats captured in spectacular drone shot

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Chemistry

Homemade malt is the key to baking the perfect loaf of bread

Regulars

Attempts to recreate red matter

Physics

Superconductor hopes dashed after journal retracts ‘red matter’ study

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Postcard from Earth review: Amazing visuals can’t lift Aronofsky movie

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Postcard from Earth review: Amazing visuals can’t lift Aronofsky movie

Culture

The best new science fiction books of November 2023

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The best new science fiction books of November 2023

Culture

An illustration of the early surface of Earth with a volcano erupting in the background.

Life

How we will discover the mysterious origins of life once and for all

Seventy years ago, three discoveries propelled our understanding of how life on Earth began. But has the biggest clue to life's origins been staring biologists in the face all along?

Features

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The scariest sci-fi horror movies for Halloween, chosen by an expert

Culture

Life

Vegan cheese made from fermented peas could taste more like dairy

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Health

Your ultimate guide to ultra-processed food – how bad is it really?

Features

Technology

Let's stop making lab-grown meat weird

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