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Gamespress handout picture: FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Gorgeous remake of an eco-conscious classic

This is the latest in an expanded remake of a classic environmentally aware game from 1997. In addition to stunning new graphics, the game's ideas now resonate even more strongly, says Jacob Aron

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MPTKBG Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain), (c2500 BC-c800 BC). Artist: Unknown.

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Sound Tracks: A fascinating archaeological history of music

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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CDF particle detector at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) near Chicago, USA. The CDF (Collider Detector Facility) records subatomic particles created in high-energy proton-antiproton collisions in the Tevatron coll- ider. It co-discovered the top quark in 1994. Here the detector is partly disassembled between operation runs. The black segments (left) are part of the outer muon chambers. The red areas are part of the magnet which bends charged particles travelling out from the collision point. The blue segments (right) are part of the hadron calorimeter. When in use these parts are closed tightly together. Photographed in 1998. The physicist is ROB ROSER.

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Space Oddities review: A lively insider account of particle physics

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Wayne McGregor & Ben Cullen Williams? A Body For Harnasie, 2024. Photo Credit Ravi Deepres & Luke Unsworth

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51 recommends AI-enhanced ballet A Body for Harnasie

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SPACEMAN. Adam Sandler as Jakub??in Spaceman. Cr. Larry Horricks/Netflix ?? 2023.

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Spaceman review: Adam Sandler is a serious star as a lonely astronaut

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J27FKX Washington, DC, USA. 25th Apr, 2017. A military aide carries the

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Nuclear War, A scenario review: What if the US faces a first strike?

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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All Rights Reserved

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51 recommends Castle of Joy, a harrowing, moving play

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TEWKESBURY, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 05: Flood water surrounds Tewkesbury Abbey and surrounding streets because of widespread flooding after the Rivers Swilgate and Avon burst their banks on January 5, 2024 in Gloucestershire, England. Storm Henk brought strong winds and heavy rain across much of the country this week which lashed large parts of the country, hitting travel and cutting power. While across the UK numerous flood warnings were still in place after weeks of heavy rainfall, the UK's Environment Agency has warned people to expect flooding to become more frequent because of climate change. (Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty Images)

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Sunken Lands review: Heeding the flood warnings of history

From a fabled drowned kingdom in Wales to echoes of Noah's ark in the Mahabharata, warnings of hubris in abusing nature resonate in Gareth E. Rees's world tour of flood myths

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3 Body Problem review: Cixin Liu's masterpiece arrives on Netflix

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Unlocked review: Why we don't need to panic about our phones

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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf review: Can Britain learn to love the wolf?

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51 recommends Mat Collishaw's Petrichor show in London

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