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Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta in Georgia ?Trolls: Save the Humans? with Danish artist Thomas Dambo

New Scientist recommends: Troll sculptures at Atlanta Botanical Garden

14 June 2023

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week


Ai Weiwei: Making Sense 07 April ? 30 July 2023 the Design Museum? ? Image courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio

New Scientist recommends: Ai Weiwei's moving Making Sense exhibition

7 June 2023

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week


Birds of Georgia, John Abbot, United States, 1804. (Egerton Ms 1137, f. 28

Don't Miss: Centuries worth of artefacts from documenting animals

3 May 2023

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


Hilma af Klint The Ten Largest, Group IV, No. 9, Old Age, 1907 Courtesy of The Hilma af Klint Foundation

Famed abstract artists capture nature as you’ve never seen it before

26 April 2023

The pioneering work of Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian, who trained in the late 19th century, is finally brought into conversation at the Tate Modern in London


Plym to Pamlico review: Nuclear test veterans find poignant voice

Plym to Pamlico review: Nuclear test veterans find poignant voice

13 December 2022

Would your radiation badge work? What would it be like to witness a nuclear bomb blast? The early uncertain days of the UK’s nuclear test programme are poignantly recalled by service veterans in a series of four films at the Plym to Pamlico exhibition


Visitors inside the Off-World section of the exhibition, while a swarm of bioluminescent creatures emerge above their heads

Voyage to the Edge of Imagination review: A compelling new sci-fi show

9 November 2022

A new exhibition at the Science Museum isn't so much about science fiction, as it is about involving you in a journey through the cosmos


Detail of The Book of the Dead of Queen Nedjmet, papyrus, Egypt, 1070 BC, 21st Dynasty.

Hieroglyphs: Unlocking ancient Egypt review: Two hundred years on

2 November 2022

Cracking Egypt's hieroglyphic code was one of humanity’s greatest feats. A riveting new exhibition at the British Museum celebrates the 200th anniversary


Immersive Tutankhamun exhibition reveals the grandeur of his treasures

Immersive Tutankhamun exhibition reveals the grandeur of his treasures

2 November 2022

Beyond King Tut, curated by the National Geographic Society, surrounds visitors with large-scale projections and animations of some of the thousands of artefacts unearthed from the boy king's tomb


Chloe Grace Moretz

Don't Miss: The Peripheral, a series based on William Gibson's novel

19 October 2022

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


New Scientist Live: Photographs from the show floor

New Scientist Live: Photographs from the show floor

12 October 2022

New Scientist's flagship event returns after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Here is our pick of the show, from a robot dog to Astronomer Royal Martin Rees telling us how science will save the world


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