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Based on a true story, (pictured above) tells the tale of a damaged man, played by Steve Carrell, who sets about literally rebuilding the past. It opens in UK cinemas on 1 January 2019.
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There have been more than 320 instalments of the Australian podcast . According to the last one we caught, there is a tornado of dark matter hurtling towards us – though it being dark matter, this doesn’t really, er, matter.
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This year’s examine human uniqueness. They start on BBC4 at 8 pm GMT on 26 December. Biological anthropologist Alice Roberts and geneticist Aoife McLysaght give it their all.
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Armchair philosophers and problem-solvers will enjoy engineer Paul Nahin’s (Princeton University Press).
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Richard Adams’s classic, Watership Down, traumatised a generation while introducing environmental issues. A starts at 7 pm GMT on 22 December on BBC1. International viewers can catch it on Netflix.
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Tune in to BBC Radio 5 Live on 24 December (time to be confirmed) to celebrate , with a recording of transmissions from the Apollo 8 crew in lunar orbit, 50 years ago.
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The early release version of Curve Digital and Hugecalf Studios’ has had us falling off our chairs with laughter (and cancelling our ski trips) for some weeks now. The new year will see it fully released on Steam and Nintendo DS. Mind how you go.
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On BBC World Service at 9 am GMT on 27 December, Rajan Datar presents . Finally, 200 years after we began to understand the processes involved, we are waking up to its health benefits.
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uses artificial intelligence to create shimmering, spellbinding digital canvases (pictured below). It is on at London’s Serpentine Gallery until 10 February 2019.

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Closing on 6 January is artist , a multimedia gallery show that conveys the wonders, beauties and horrors of the viral realm. Catch it (as it were) at Home in Manchester, UK.
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