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Don't miss: Primordial cities, a new Star Wars and the power of bad

11 December 2019

This week, learn how nature can inspire resilient urban design, catch the latest chapter of the Star Wars saga, and read about negativity bias


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Don't miss: Bio-art, poetic elements, and Detroit's fate in your hands

20 November 2019

This week, visit an exhibition of brave biological art, unpack strange stories of the elements and play wisely to save a city of the future


Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

24 May 2019

The trailer for the new season of Netflix's Black Mirror suggests the show will continue to capture our collective disquiet about technology – this time with a stellar new cast including Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott


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Don't miss: Visualising inequality, space comms and a rare pregnancy

3 April 2019

See society through virtual lenses, explore how space links thawed the cold war, hear why a man became pregnant, plus other vital dates for your diary


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Don’t miss: Exploring your own delusions, playing with evolution

6 February 2019

Find out why You Are Not So Smart on the podcast of the same name, get ready to play Evolution the video game, plus more of this week's cultural picks


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Don't miss: delusions, a prototype construction robot and a VR game

28 November 2018

Glimpse the future of construction at a museum exhibition, listen to a radio series about delusions and read what animals can tell us about nutrition


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It's never too late to get a tattoo, an implant – or new senses

3 January 2018

From altering your body, enhancing your senses or improving cognitive function, you need to be a risk-taker to plug into the dark arts of body modification


Only great work can really justify sci-art collaborations

Only great work can really justify sci-art collaborations

31 December 2017

The art produced by collaborations between scientists and artists is largely overlooked or slated. The only answer is to make work that’s too good to ignore


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