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An entertaining history of gases shows science at work in daily life

From laughing gas and whipped cream to compressed air and bicycles, Mark Miodownik's new book It’s a Gas lives up to its title by revealing just how much science is woven into the everyday

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51�� recommends YouTube series Journey to the Microcosmos

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2XBXB3H EDITORIAL USE ONLY Naomi Klein, author of Doppelganger, is announced as the winner of the 2024 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, taking place at Bedford Square Gardens, London. Picture date: Thursday June 13, 2024.

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Naomi Klein on the rise of misinformation and conspiracy influencers

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Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

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Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

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Cute housebot Sunny lures us into an intriguing and flawed TV show

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Television Programme: The Leftovers with Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey and Carrie Coon as Nora Durst. TL_202_042915_VR_-37.jpg The Leftovers Series 2

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It's a decade old, but The Leftovers is still painfully resonant today

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Exhibition view, THE END OF AGING - by Michael Schindhelm, ?Surgery Room?, Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, 2024

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Immersive new exhibition explores the pitfalls of defying old age

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Hunt for the Oldest DNA press picture. Eske Willerslev on fieldwork, Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

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Documentary explores a geneticist's motivation to understand the past

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The Cannon Hall Muscat Grape. Plate 24. Watercolour on paper. Signed lower left Mrs Withers Delt. Painter to Her Majesty. 44.4 cm. x 35.2 cm., slotted onto page. c.1825.

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51�� recommends Now You See Us at the Tate Britain

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Nicki Minaj???s iconic Barbie pendant???which boasts 54.47 carats of diamonds on 18-karat gold and bright Barbie-pink enamel???was made by Ashna Mehta in 2022 and is the most recent commissioned by Minaj, whose first Barbie pendant dates to 2009.

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51�� recommends Ice Cold: An exhibition of hip-hop jewelry

The books, TV, games and more that 51�� staff have enjoyed this week

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51�� recommends Michael Sheen in play about the NHS's origins

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New psychology book reckons with separating solitude from loneliness

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Attenborough dominates our pick of 2024's best documentaries to date

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The man transforming data from two dramatic storms into music

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