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Is this the best acronym in science? It's certainly the smelliest

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Is this the best acronym in science? It's certainly the smelliest

From AMANDA to COSTAR, coming up with a good acronym will help sell a scientific project. Feedback admires the brains behind a new machine-learning model, the Flavor Analysis and Recognition Transformer

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We strongly encourage you to watch the dirtiest videos on YouTube

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The Shrouds press images

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David Cronenberg's new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

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The 91av Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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In The End of the World As We Know It, other writers are telling stories set in the post-apocalyptic world of Stephen King's The Stand

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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More than Human at the Design Museum

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91av recommends More Than Human at the Design Museum, London

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Jewellery that monitors movement? No, we can't anticipate any problems

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Jewellery that monitors movement? No, we can't anticipate any problems

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2FE3T0P NICK OFFERMAN in DEVS (2020), directed by ALEX GARLAND. Credit: FX PRODUCTIONS / Album

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Five years later, has sci-fi cult hit Devs aged well?

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Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark

Sierra Greer's novel about a female robot, Annie Bot, just won a prestigious sci-fi prize, the Arthur C Clarke award. But she is hardly the first of her kind, says Sophie Bushwick

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Anthropic AI goes rogue when trying to run a vending machine

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

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The 25 best fictional robots – according to 91av

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Pink Floppy Disc and The Bitles: Embracing the future of AI music

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