Real milk, no cows needed: Lab-made dairy products are now a reality

11 August 2021

Milk, egg and other animal products can now be brewed in the lab using familiar fermentation processes, requiring regulators to reconsider what truly makes something "milk" or "cheese"

States of matter: The unthinkable forms beyond solid, liquid and gas

11 August 2021

From time crystals to supersolids, we keep discovering extraordinary new kinds of matter – now the true challenge is being able to predict what we'll find next

Journey to Infinity review: M. C. Escher's art of the impossible

11 August 2021

M. C. Escher thought the passion for tiling, symmetry and infinity reflected in his woodcuts meant he wasn't a "real" artist. Luckily, as Robin Lutz's playful doc makes clear, the future knew better, says Simon Ings

Don't Miss: Delightful Disney+ docuseries, Growing Up Animal

11 August 2021

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I'm Your Man review: How to fall in love with a robot – maybe

11 August 2021

Maria Schrader's I'm Your Man is a curious sci-fi love story featuring Dan Stevens as a humanoid robot and Maren Eggert as an icy academic

How astronomer Vera Rubin shone light on dark matter and fought sexism

11 August 2021

Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond by Ashley Jean Yeager paints an inspiring picture of Vera Rubin, who defied deep prejudice against female astronomers to find the best evidence of dark matter

No mystical vitalism, but consciousness may be rare

11 August 2021

Air DNA sampling, coming to a street near you soon?

11 August 2021

There is a reason why food may get less nutritious

11 August 2021

First space colonists may have a wasted journey

11 August 2021