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Sting film still (2024)

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Darkly comic sci-fi chiller sees a pet spider turn fast-growing hunter

When a spider falls to Earth in an ice storm and is taken in as a pet, what could go right? Think Alien and M3gan – and effortless entertainment

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2WG3YFC Titanium crater formed by a laser, SEM

Chemistry

Some metals actually grow more resilient when hot

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Physics

Physicists are grappling with their own reproducibility crisis

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Male artist, painting a new creative painting in his art studio

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Creativity's origins are probably too complex for simple explanations

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Mammals,28-04-2024,Heat,5 - Heat,Elephants, Zebra and Springbok gather in high densities at one of the dwindling waterholes in Etosha Salt pan, Namibia. ,BBC Studios,Screen Grab

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Attenborough dominates our pick of 2024's best documentaries to date

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MINING - West Pole Beacon.

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The man transforming data from two dramatic storms into music

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Illustration of life forms on a hypothetical planet with a slightly lower mass than the Earth. It has shallow seas and extreme tides due to its large moon (thin crescent at left). The vegetation is translucent which allows the light to shine through, so it seems to be glowing, due to it being backlit in this image.

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The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Ball/Shutterstock (356629a) HALE BOPP COMET COMET HALE BOPP

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Sarah Perry's Enlightenment is a moving story of love and astronomy

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Beaten egg whites with sugar for Meringue in a mixing bowl with an electric hand whisk. Cooking process with kitchen utensils.

Chemistry

How science can help you whip up perfect egg whites for your bakes

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Eastern Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) hatching from egg. Captive, occurs in South East Europe.

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Why eggs should be front and centre in the story of evolution

From large and shell-covered to tiny and jelly-like, the developmental story of eggs offers a way to rethink the story of life, says Jules Howard in his new book Infinite Life

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Physics

Why we are finally within reach of a room-temperature superconductor

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Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong

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Joel Edgerton must escape the multiverse in a gripping sci-fi series

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The "science of weird shit" and making sense of the paranormal

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