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Tom Gauld's attempts to create a sarcastic AI are really genius

Tom Gauld's attempts to create a sarcastic AI are really genius

11 November 2020

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


Twisteddoodles on the moon's attemtps to encourage visitors

Twisteddoodles on the moon's attemtps to encourage visitors

11 November 2020

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


Will unboxing videos mixed with ASMR be the latest PR craze?

Will unboxing videos mixed with ASMR be the latest PR craze?

11 November 2020

Unboxing brain orgasms, plus pencils that circumnavigate the world and energy from neutrinos, in Feedback’s weird weekly round up


Escape Pod anthology review: Do the unexpected and rethink your foes

Escape Pod anthology review: Do the unexpected and rethink your foes

11 November 2020

Flipping the narrative and not doing the expected is a key theme in Escape Pod, a major new sci-fi anthology with N. K. Jemisin, Kameron Hurley and more, says Sally Adee


Don’t Miss: Netflix’s Alien Xmas features a tiny alien with big plans

Don’t Miss: Netflix’s Alien Xmas features a tiny alien with big plans

11 November 2020

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss


Culture Warlords review: An undercover examination of white supremacy

Culture Warlords review: An undercover examination of white supremacy

11 November 2020

Talia Lavin went undercover to join white supremacy groups that were abusing her online. Her book, Culture Warlords, makes for difficult reading


Image of herons nesting high in the treetops wins drone photo award

Image of herons nesting high in the treetops wins drone photo award

11 November 2020

This shot of a great white heron and grey heron in their respective treetop nests in Russia was taken by Dmitrii Viliunov using a drone. It won first prize in the wildlife category for the 2020 Drone Photo Awards


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Helicopter money may be the best answer (2)

11 November 2020


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Helicopter money may be the best answer (1)

11 November 2020


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Cat food is the real ecological villain

11 November 2020


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