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Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17

Our hero Mickey accidentally breaks the rules when he's "reprinted", in a tired take on an old trope, finds film columnist Simon Ings

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YARUMAL, - AUGUST 18 - Alirio sits in his living room with his son Alexis, 6, snuggles in and his wife Marta. Alirio, 42, is a coffee farmer who is also a participant in the University of Antioquia study who lives near Yarumal. The study, lead by Dr. Francisco Lopera, a behavioural neurologist at Medellin's University of Antioquia, researches a local family tree with a genetic mutation that causes early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The Colombian family's genetic curse may be the world's best hope for an Alzheimer's cure. In that family tree researchers have the perfect group to study the disease and have now begin a clinical trial to see if they have a medication that might be able to delay onset. in Medellin. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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A moving story reveals hidden human cost of drug trials

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Our drive for adventure and challenge has ancient origins

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Our drive for adventure and challenge has ancient origins

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

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The Thinking Game

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New Scientist recommends DeepMind documentary The Thinking Game

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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 08: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was captured using a remote camera) Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of Team United States crosses the finish line to win the gold medal with new World Record after competing in the Women's 400m Hurdles Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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A controversial book about human diversity shows how biology unites us

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TOPSHOT - A boy rides past as smoke billows from a burning garbage dump, in Lahore on November 1, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP) (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Mike Berners-Lee's solution for the polycrisis may be just too hard

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Stunning new animated series tells the story of a cure-all mushroom

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New Scientist recommends Weather Girl, an electrifying one-woman show

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New Scientist recommends Weather Girl, an electrifying one-woman show

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What happened when one woman set out to improve her personality

In the enjoyable and science-backed book Me, But Better, Olga Khazan embarks on a year-long experiment to see if she can really become a more agreeable person

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Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation

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This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome

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Exhibition uses art to explore the mysteries of the quantum world

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New Scientist recommends the esoteric Dinosaurland Fossil Museum

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