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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


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


Don't miss: Netflix updates classic sci-fi novel Japan Sinks

Don't miss: Netflix updates classic sci-fi novel Japan Sinks

15 July 2020

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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Here's how we can learn from other animals to create a better Earth

15 January 2020

The exhibition Animalesque celebrates what we share with Earth's other species – and offers hope for reforming our relationship with the natural world


Don't miss: Rights for the planet, art for tomorrow and oceanic beauty

Don't miss: Rights for the planet, art for tomorrow and oceanic beauty

4 December 2019

This week, learn how rights can save the planet, explore a world at every scale with Korea's artist of the year, and take a deep dive through a hit documentary


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Don’t miss: Sleepless nights, ephemeral worlds and telepathic terrors

23 October 2019

This week, endure entrancing, always-on art, learn about the planets that never were and watch a shining sequel through your fingers


Don't miss: Armstrong, the science of music and codebreaking

Don't miss: Armstrong, the science of music and codebreaking

3 July 2019

This week, check out the latest film on the moon landings, try some physics karaoke and visit the Science Museum’s display on codebreaking down the ages


Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

19 June 2019

Experience humanity's longest voyage, explore the world the weather-watchers made and party like it's 1851 on London's Exhibition Road


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Celebrate the moon with the best films, books and festivals

22 May 2019

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing is coming. In honour of that, here is the cream of the cultural highlights celebrating all things lunar


Tomorrow Inc: how Stanley Kubrick designed the future

Tomorrow Inc: how Stanley Kubrick designed the future

26 April 2019

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition comes to London's Design Museum, and in its wake a renewed fascination for the futuristic design culture of the 1960s and 1970s. 


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