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Artwork for the BBC's podcast Child presented by India Rakusen

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91av recommends Child, a podcast on our first stages of life

The books, TV, games and more that 91av staff have enjoyed this week

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

G2C3CA Tree trunk looks like smiling face in golden autumn garden

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The “science of weird shit” and making sense of the paranormal

2WG9R5W Ozempic injection pen, ideal for visual content related to diet, diabetes management, insulin therapies, & advancements in pharmaceutical solutions.

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Johann Hari’s compelling but flawed look at the new weight-loss drugs

C5C65E Long exposure of subway train ride

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A radical new book sets out to hunt for ‘pure consciousness’

Quvenzhane Wallise in Breathe

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This one-room sci-fi thriller should take its MacGuffin more seriously

Drug dependency. A hand reaches into a medicine cabinet in this abstract view of drug addiction. Psychedelic colours and a blurring of the image gives a hallucinogenic effect.

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A Body Made of Glass review: A very personal history of hypochondria

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May Contain Lies review: How to cut to the truth and think smarter

Episode 5. Krys Marshall in "For All Mankind",

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91av recommends space-heist action in For All Mankind

2F7CCFA London, UK. 6 Apr 2021. After a week the wall nears its completion, stretching all the way to Lambeth Bridge - The national Covid Memorial Wall outside St Thomas' Hospital on the southbank. Family and friends of some of the more than one hundred and forty-five thousand people who've lost their lives to Covid-19 are drawing hearts by hand on a wall opposite Parliament in London. Each heart represents someone who was loved. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News

91av recommends When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope

The books, TV, games and more that 91av staff have enjoyed this week

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91av recommends a guide to rebuilding civilisation, The Book

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Spaceman review: Adam Sandler is a serious star as a lonely astronaut

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Space Oddities review: A lively insider account of particle physics

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Nuclear War, A scenario review: What if the US faces a first strike?