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Old father and mature daughter harvesting in a vegetable garden

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Buying Time review: Podcast explores an attempt to 'cure' ageing

A suspense-filled new podcast series digs into biotech firm BioViva's claim that it successfully injected someone with experimental, anti-ageing gene therapies

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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1900: Giovanni Grewembroch - XVIII century. Manuscript: Doctor in Venice at the time of the plague. Watercolor. (Photo By DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images)

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Pathogenesis review: How infectious diseases have moulded civilisation

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MY EVEREST Film Distributed by Bohemia Media My Everest is in cinemas 27 April

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My Everest review: A horseback journey to the world's highest mountain

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Sweet Tooth. Christian Convery as Gus in episode 201 of Sweet Tooth. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix ?? 2023

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Don't Miss: Netflix dystopia Sweet Tooth returns, with Gus on the run

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Dead Ringers review: A triumphant reimagining of Cronenberg's classic

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Dead Ringers review: A triumphant reimagining of Cronenberg's classic

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A kelp forest, dominated by giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), grows off the coast of northern California. This is an important habitat for a diverse array of eastern Pacific marine life.; Shutterstock ID 179694674; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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The Seaweed Revolution review: How to save the world with seaweed

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Searching for the stars near my hometown, Pollachi, led me to the forests of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve. As I moved away from towns and their lights, the darker it got, the more I could see - fireflies, stars. I was fascinated when I saw hundreds of fireflies flashing at the edge of the forest and heard stories of trees laden with fireflies deep in the forest. Predicting the time of their peak activity, I set out to a remote area of the reserve along with forest officials. I waited for nightfall in anxiety. Flashes of green started appearing at twilight. As the place grew dark, millions of fireflies started synchronizing their flashes across several trees. Flashes started in one tree and continued across several trees in a mexican-wave like fashion. It lasted all night. I felt transported to another planet. Being under a sky full of stars, with fireflies flashing in the foreground, owls and other nocturnal creatures calling at a distance, Elephants and Leopards lurking around the corner, this was Nature as our ancestors experienced. The image, created by stacking several photographs, shows a 16 minute activity of the fireflies. ? Sriram Murali, India, 3rd Place, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

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See our pick of the entries for the Sony World Photography Awards

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The Battle for Your Brain review: A guide to neuro nightmares ahead

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Photos of solar sheep and an eco-winery capture Italy’s green journey

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Sleeping Beauties review: The strange nature of nature's inventiveness

What makes a great new trait evolve and then stay dormant for years? Andreas Wagner's new book explores the innovations of nature – and human culture

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LOLA review: Great sci-fi film is rich in ideas, but poor in budget

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The Power of Language review: What speaking many languages can do

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Don't Miss: Mrs Davis, an AI comedy for the GPT-4 age

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Alien Worlds review: Celebrating Earth's insects – as they disappear

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