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Léa Seydoux and George MacKay dazzle in shocking sci-fi film The Beast

Bertrand Bonello's twist on a Henry James novella from 1903 may be the most indirect critique of technology ever made. This film is memorable and absolutely terrifying, says Simon Ings

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Janus Films handout film still: THE BEAST Directed by Bertrand Bonello. The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely ?erase? their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Le?a Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).

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New book explores how games shape the world – for better or for worse

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FEE8WC Seoul, South Korea-November 15, 2015; Men playing in the outside ?Baduk? that is the Korean name for Go. November 15, 2015 Seoul

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New Scientist recommends puzzle book S. by Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams

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Engaging new book explores how vital mathematics is to map-making

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Exhibition view, THE END OF AGING - by Michael Schindhelm, ?Surgery Room?, Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, 2024

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Immersive new exhibition explores the pitfalls of defying old age

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Hunt for the Oldest DNA press picture. Eske Willerslev on fieldwork, Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

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Documentary explores a geneticist's motivation to understand the past

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New Scientist recommends David Runciman's podcast Past Present Future

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New Scientist recommends David Runciman's podcast Past Present Future

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Television Programme: The Leftovers with Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey and Carrie Coon as Nora Durst. TL_202_042915_VR_-37.jpg The Leftovers Series 2

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It's a decade old, but The Leftovers is still painfully resonant today

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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Nemonte Nenquimo, Waorani leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon alongside other members of the Indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance.

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Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo tells her story in a potent memoir

From a child's curiosity about a visiting missionary to fighting oil companies, Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo's autobiography shows the journey of an extraordinary Indigenous woman

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson's novel Eruption fails to thrill

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Success hope ambition and dream concept. Surreal artwork. Businessman with a stair in a gate, business background illustration. painting

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How to take on AI's challenge to ideas about what can be conscious

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The Cannon Hall Muscat Grape. Plate 24. Watercolour on paper. Signed lower left Mrs Withers Delt. Painter to Her Majesty. 44.4 cm. x 35.2 cm., slotted onto page. c.1825.

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New Scientist recommends Now You See Us at the Tate Britain

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Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time

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Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time

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