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Prehistoric Planet 2 review: Attenborough returns to ancient Earth

Earth

Prehistoric Planet 2 review: Attenborough returns to ancient Earth

The second series of this show about Earth 66 million years ago is a joy to watch - but it inspires more than it informs. A little more science would have been nice

Culture

The Human Mind review: Ambitious, up-to-the-minute guide to the mind

Mind

The Human Mind review: Ambitious, up-to-the-minute guide to the mind

Culture

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Mrs. Davis and Class of '09 review: AI anxieties abound in TV sci-fi

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Episode 2. Rebecca Ferguson in

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Silo review: With apocalypses everywhere, can a new TV show deliver?

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FHKTG9 Catholic Cathedral Church, Jakarta, Indonesia. Image shot 2015. Exact date unknown.

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The Experience Machine review: How our brains predict the daily world

Culture

Finely ground coffee is dispensed into an espresso filter

Physics

Unevenly packed coffee to blame for weak espresso, say mathematicians

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Environment

Lab-grown meat could be 25 times worse for the climate than beef

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How maths reveals the best time to add milk for hotter tea

Mathematics

How maths reveals the best time to add milk for hotter tea

Regulars

Cosmo Sheldrake

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Wild Wet World and Torus review: Transmuting obscure worlds into music

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Physics

We finally know why bubbles rise in a straight line in champagne

In carbonated drinks, the wake from rising bubbles can disturb other bubbles. But when the molecules that give fizzy drinks their flavour coat the bubbles, they can form stable columns as they float

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Physics

Why we must inspire people with the magic of condensed matter physics

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Pathogenesis review: How infectious diseases have moulded civilisation

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Technology

Tiny yeast-filled robots help brew beer quickly and more efficiently

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Life

Was DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin really a victim of scientific theft?

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