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The Outer Worlds makes me want an AI-driven role-playing game

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The Outer Worlds makes me want an AI-driven role-playing game

Video games like The Outer Worlds are beginning to match the imagination and flexibility of tabletop RPGs. Just add bigger data sets and computing power, says Jacob Aron in his latest column

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Hayabusa 2 mission team

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Hayabusa 2 begins long journey home carrying Ryugu asteroid samples

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Immunofluorescence imaging of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes grown in microgravity aboard the ISS

Space

Spaceflight alters heart cells but they quickly recover back on Earth

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Perseid meteor shower

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Perseid meteor shower

Meteor Crater, Arizona

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The space-junk calamity that could cut us off from the cosmos

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Teasel Muir-Harmony

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Apollo collection curator on what Neil Armstrong took to the moon

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

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Blue Origin assembles space industry dream team to build moon lander

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Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

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Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

From memorious clothing to wasteless habitats, the reality of living on Mars is brought home at London's Design Museum with genuine optimism

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NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

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Live: UK's first space rover, Tim Peake and the real life rocket man

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Born in the big bang: How ancient black holes could save cosmology

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock on space travel and humanity's future

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