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<em>Back to the Future</em>: Does physics of Marty's time travel add up?

Technology

Back to the Future: Does physics of Marty's time travel add up?

Today is 21 October 2015 – the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in Back to the Future Part II. Can we reconcile the films with reality?

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Ann Veronica Janssen's room of fog bumps you through the rainbow

Humans

Ann Veronica Janssen's room of fog bumps you through the rainbow

CultureLab

<em>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics</em> is lean, lucid and enchanting

Physics

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is lean, lucid and enchanting

CultureLab

<em>The Secret Lives of Bats</em>: The adventures of the real batman

Life

The Secret Lives of Bats: The adventures of the real batman

CultureLab

Lithium dreams: The surreal landscapes where batteries are born

Earth

Lithium dreams: The surreal landscapes where batteries are born

Features

Earth

The best pictures from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015-16

Regulars

Birth month affects risk of developing dementia later in life

Health

Birth month affects risk of developing dementia later in life

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Squirrel monkeys teach themselves to eat and drink from a cup

Life

Squirrel monkeys teach themselves to eat and drink from a cup

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<em>Strange Tools</em>: What can art tell us about who we are?

Life

Strange Tools: What can art tell us about who we are?

CultureLab

14 ways the UK has backtracked on climate pledges this year

Earth

14 ways the UK has backtracked on climate pledges this year

A year of policy reversals and cuts has destroyed the country's reputation for leading the way on tackling climate change and left it facing legal action

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Earth

How fish dodged extinction's bullet

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Life

Ape fossils put the origin of humanity at 10 million years ago

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Earth

Why the struggle for water is a global issue

CultureLab

Earth

Shell abandons oil exploration in Alaska but stays in the Arctic

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