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Don't Miss: In Plain Sight, an exhibition about visual perception

12 October 2022

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


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Don't Miss: Rick & Morty are returning to Netflix

29 April 2020

Ricky & Morty are back on Netflix, a new online exhibition shows art in the making and book A Life Without End sees a writer attempt to avoid death


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Don't Miss: Escape the deep, explore mind and body and meet van Gogh

29 January 2020

This week, watch nail-biting drama as researchers escape an underwater lab, discover physical intelligence – humans' most essential ability – and visit Vincent van Gogh


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Don't miss: a bright mind, a dark future and crowd-sourced science

16 October 2019

This week, see the world through Leonardo's eyes, receive a post-apocalyptic education and discover how citizens are making the sciences flower


Don't miss: Predictive art, sci-fi comedy and the ownership of space

Don't miss: Predictive art, sci-fi comedy and the ownership of space

9 October 2019

This week, see how Nam June Paik predicted the internetNetflix comedy Living With Yourself and find out who should own space


Don't miss: Body portraits, killer doubles and a stellar mind at work

Don't miss: Body portraits, killer doubles and a stellar mind at work

2 October 2019

This week, see what art makes of the body, catch an eye-twisting thriller and share a physicist's private correspondence


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Don't miss: the art of science, vanishing cetaceans and edited humans

18 September 2019

This week: when two cultures collide, the plight of the world's rarest porpoise and humans manipulating their future


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Don't Miss: Interplanetary paranoia, green buildings and anxious art

11 September 2019

This week, see Brad Pitt in space, discover planet-friendly architecture and visit a nerve-shredding new show


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Don't miss: Curative comedy, cultural copies and an unlikely fish diet

14 August 2019

This week, try radio's latest laughter cure, discover lost worlds through new art, and don't forget to eat up your (ocean) vegetables


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Don't Miss: FBI profiling, blanket-bog art and psychedelic minds

7 August 2019

This week, watch the FBI learn criminal profiling, be amazed by art inspired by Europe's largest blanket bog, and tune into cutting edge psychedelic research


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