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C8XMYW Western Highland Sing sing group performing at the Mt Hagen Show Papua New Guinea

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A Myriad of Tongues review: How language may shape our world view

Caleb Everett's A Myriad of Tongues is an assured guide to new thinking about how language shapes the way we see the world – at a time when thousands of languages are vanishing

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RCH095 The Netherlands, Kootwijk. Motorway and eco crossover for fauna. Ecoduct crossing A1 highway. Aerial. Ecoduct. Wildlife bridge. Wildlife crossing.

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Crossings review: How to help wildlife live with motorways

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The best new science fiction books of November 2023

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The best new science fiction books of November 2023

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Jeff Goldblum in The Fly

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The scariest sci-fi horror movies for Halloween, chosen by an expert

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Life on the edge by Amit Eshel, Israel Winner, Animals in their Environment Amit Eshel witnesses a dramatic cliffside clash between two Nubian ibex. After hiking to a vantage point on the clifftop, Amit slowly crept closer, using a wide-angle lens to set the action of two clashing Nubian ibex against the dramatic backdrop. The battle lasted for about 15 minutes before one male surrendered, and the pair parted without serious injury. In the run-up to the mating season, part of the males? coat darkens, and their neck muscles thicken. Rivals will raise up on their hind legs and ram their heads together. Their horns sometimes break as they collide. Location: Zin Desert, Israel Technical details: Canon EOS R5 + 24?70mm f2.8 lens at 45mm; 1/800 at f8; ISO 500

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51�� recommends Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Opticks

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A white hole is a theoretical solution to Einstein's field equations - a region which cannot be entered at all from the outside. In a sense, therefore, they are the time-reversed opposites of black holes. The theory suggests that a black hole is connected to a white hole via a tunnel called an Einstein-Rosen bridge (wormhole). Matter falls into the black hole and is expelled via the white one. Some theorists even argue that the Big Bang itself is a white hole, gushing out matter and creating a new universe while, on the other end, invisible and unreachable, is a black hole in a totally different universe.

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White Holes review: Extreme physics from Carlo Rovelli

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FRANCE - CIRCA 2002: Eve, 1896, by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1865-1896), pastel and gouache, 49x46 cm. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images); . (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Eve review: Why women's bodies belong at the heart of human evolution

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Two beguiling books show how mathematics is revolutionising our lives

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Two beguiling books show how mathematics is revolutionising our lives

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Seventh Son author Sebastian Faulks: 'I'm 3.7 per cent Neanderthal'

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Seventh Son author Sebastian Faulks: 'I'm 3.7 per cent Neanderthal'

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2G6HE5R ANNIE JUMP CANNON (1863-1941) American astronomer and suffragist. about 1920

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Her Space, Her Time review: Trailblazing women astronomers

A disdain for misogyny past and present shines through in Shohini Ghose's rich history of women's underappreciated contributions to astronomy and physics

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Blood in the Machine review: Going back to the Luddites

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Cocoon review: One of the biggest gaming treats of the year

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Intricate photo of rat's retina wins Nikon Small World competition

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51�� recommends: Spies, Lies and Deception and Chimp Empire

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