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2 September 2020

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stars Hilary Swank as an astronaut leaving her husband and daughter to lead a mission to Mars. This Netflix sci-fi series is inspired by an article in Esquire about a mission of astronaut Scott Kelly.

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by forensic anthropologist Sue Black shows how the skeletons we leave behind us can be read for clues about virtually everything we eat and do, and everywhere we travel. Every bone has a tale to tell.

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is Ars Electronica’s bullish response to the covid-19 lockdown: a festival “measuring the new world” online and (where possible) in real life at 120 global locations, from Tokyo to Los Angeles.

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