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Physics

The stunning physics of Project Hail Mary go back to ancient China

How do you portray momentum in space accurately? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein takes a look at the origins of our understanding of motion, which runs from Isaac Newton back to the Zhou dynasty a millennia ago

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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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4238_D045_00238_R Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes and Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew in director Chlo?? Zhao???s HAMNET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / ?? 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

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New Scientist recommends Hamnet, and its look at our links with nature

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Sony Pictures

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New Scientist recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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Oona Chaplin as Varang in 20th Century Studios' AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. ?? 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Space

New Scientist recommends Avatar: Fire and Ash – especially the whale

Culture

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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Project Hail Mary

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The science-fiction films to look forward to in 2026

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We reveal our favourite 33 books, films, games and TV to escape with

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We reveal our favourite 33 books, films, games and TV to escape with

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3D5R1ED THE OCCUPANT 2025 de Hugo Keijzer Ella Balinska. Prod DB ? Revolver Amsterdam - The Electric Shadow Company - Studio Artizm

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The two standout science-fiction films of 2025

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2JHKP8X LAURENCE MASON, MATTHEW LILLARD, ANGELINA JOLIE, JONNY LEE MILLER, JESSE BRADFORD, HACKERS, 1995

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New Scientist recommends the cult film Hackers – 30 years late

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

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Life

Nature documentary shot on Super 8 film is ravishing and unpredictable

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Environment

Must-watch documentary shows how Bush Senior failed the climate

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Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable

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Space

Blue Planet Red is wrong about Mars – but it's surprisingly poignant

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