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The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch

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The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch

To mark David Attenborough turning 100, New Scientist staff have been set a tricky task: pick your favourite of his many amazing documentaries...

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth. Venus is the first planet above the moon, and at the top left to right are the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Photo credits are as follows: Earth - Apollo 17; Lunar Surface - Apollo 8; Sun - Apollo 12; Venus - Pioneer Venus; Jupiter - Voyager I; Mercury - Mariner 10; Saturn - Pioneer 11.

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What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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Moises Arias

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Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi

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Pierre Huyghe

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New Scientist recommends the quantum soundscape of Liminals

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GERMANY. 1990. Celebrating the unification of Germany on October 3, 1990 at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

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What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick

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Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

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A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

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Directly above view of a chef chopping tomatoes

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Can we battle the downsides of a rule-based world, asks a new book

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Alex Garland’s The Bone Temple is brutal, brilliant - and mind-blowing

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Alex Garland’s The Bone Temple is brutal, brilliant - and mind-blowing

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Passwords will be on the way out in 2026 as passkeys take over

The curse of having to remember easily hackable passwords may soon be over, as a new alternative is set to take over in 2026

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The first commercial space stations will start orbiting Earth in 2026

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Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?

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Controversial satellites launching in 2026 will reflect light to Earth

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The weight-loss drugs on trial in 2026 may trump Ozempic and Zepbound

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