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Based on a true story, Robert Zemeckis’s Welcome to Marwen (pictured above) tells the tale of a damaged man, played by Steve Carrell, who sets about literally rebuilding the past. It opens in UK cinemas on 1 January 2019.
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There have been more than 320 instalments of the Australian podcast Science on Top. According to the last one we caught, there is a tornado of dark matter hurtling towards us – though it being dark matter, this doesn’t really, er, matter.
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This year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures examine human uniqueness. They start on BBC4 at 8…


![Small dome in the Compton-Belkovich region (61.33 ?N, 99.68 ?E). Evidence indicates a volcanic origin for this and other intriguing features in the region. Incidence angle is 64?, Sun is from the SSW, image is ~510 m across. NAC image number M139238146L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].](https://images.newscientistbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07172644/SEI_163208069.jpg)
