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The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

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The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020

Culture

Puffadder Shyshark

Life

As our oceans become more acidic they may corrode the skins of sharks

News

mushrooms cartoons

Life

The torrid secret lives of truffles make Game of Thrones look tame

Features

Robert Plomin at New Scientist Live

Video

The genetic revolution: Can we predict school performance from DNA?

Video

Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

Video

Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

Video

mammoth skeleton in museum

Life

Extinction is a fact of life. Could we stop it – or even reverse it?

Features

Neanderthal

Life

We're beginning to question the idea of species – including our own

Features

Anna Machin

Video

Anna Machin: Exploring the biology of being a father

Video

Sarah Garfinkel

Video

How signals from the heart influence our thoughts, emotions and memory

Video

The Mammillaria spinosissima cactus has been found to emit sounds when stressed

Life

Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed

For the first time plants have been recorded making sounds when stressed. The sounds differed when they were injured or thirsty, a finding that could help farmers

News

Health

We constantly eat microplastics. What does that mean for our health?

Features

Life

Life and death caught in Petri dishes in a nod to the art of mortality

Regulars

Life

Why the line between life and death is now more blurred than ever

Features

Technology

Why US police could be using your genes to profile you right now

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