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Space

The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead

From human evolution to genetics, neuroscience to cosmology, 51�� picks the books to look out for in 2018

Culture

Number 10 on Xmas decoration

Health

It's never too late to get a tattoo, an implant – or new senses

Culture

The pinkest pink, apparently.

Technology

Painter, painter of the wall, what's the fairest colour of all?

Features

Vienna’s Biennale poses hard questions for near and far futures

Life

Vienna’s Biennale poses hard questions for near and far futures

Culture

Only great work can really justify sci-art collaborations

Humans

Only great work can really justify sci-art collaborations

Culture

Number 4

Humans

Cocktail umbrellas can save Earth from the Anthropocene

Culture

Time to fix an internet bust by surveillance capitalism's demand for data

Technology

Time to fix an internet bust by surveillance capitalism's demand for data

Culture

number 1

Technology

Engines of creation - and the people who build them

Culture

zebra exhibits

Life

A show uniting art and nature that should just be experienced

Culture

1845 telescope

Physics

Exploring the universe – and how we found our place in it

Enjoy the spectacular cosmos with this illustrated guide to astronomy, ranging from an iconic diagram by Copernicus to one of NASA's 2017 Jupiter photos

Culture

Technology

New blues: The quest to make the world’s rarest colour

Features

Humans

Technology vs observation: the big question facing art’s future

Culture

Earth

Waterworlds: How should we protect our most precious resource?

Culture

Space

Science Fiction: slavery stereotypes, and a new M. John Harrison

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