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New Scientist recommends: Troll sculptures at Atlanta Botanical Garden

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

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Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta in Georgia ?Trolls: Save the Humans? with Danish artist Thomas Dambo

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The Universe in a Box review: Why all cosmic quests start on laptops

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2NMX51D This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows a tropical storm east of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, at 7:50am EST, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where forecasters expected the potential cyclone to strengthen Tuesday into the sixth named storm, Fred, of the Atlantic hurricane season. (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)

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Wild life review: The couple who bought up Chile to conserve it

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Kris Tompkins holds up a heartshaped rock during her hike up the mountain range in Patagonia, Chile. (Jimmy Chin)
Group of young skateboarders sitting in discussion with mature skateboarder in neighborhood skate park

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Generations review: Zoomer, boomer, millennial – what's your tribe?

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Fire Weather review: Why Canada’s wildfires will only get worse

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Fire Weather review: Why Canada’s wildfires will only get worse

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Orion Nebula in Infrared NASA ID: PIA25434 This new image of the Orion Nebula produced using previously released data from three telescopes shows two enormous caverns carved out by unseen giant stars that can release up to a million times more light than our Sun. All that radiation breaks apart dust grains there, helping to create the pair of cavities. Much of the remaining dust is swept away when the stars produce wind or when they die explosive deaths as supernovae. This infrared image shows dust but no stars. Blue light indicates warm dust heated by unseen massive stars. Observed in infrared light ? a range of wavelengths outside what human eyes can detect ? the views were provided by NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which now operates under the moniker NEOWISE. Spitzer and WISE were both managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, ...more 508 Description:This infrared image of the Orion Nebula features plenty of dust but no stars. In these infrared wavelengths, it's possible to see hot spots where new stars are forming, while unseen bright, massive stars have carved out caverns of empty space. Date Created:2022-11-22 Center:JPL Keywords: Herschel Space Observatory , Spitzer Space Telescope , Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) , Orion Nebula Secondary Creator Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech Visit JPL Website

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Under Alien Skies review: A terrific guide to our spectacular universe

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Actress Amber Heard attends the 50 million US dollars Depp vs Heard defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 13 April 2022.

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Depp V Heard review: Scary documentary shows power of social media

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Ai Weiwei: Making Sense 07 April ? 30 July 2023 the Design Museum? ? Image courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio

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New Scientist recommends: Ai Weiwei's moving Making Sense exhibition

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Male and female snow leopards come together.

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An Atlas of Endangered Animals review: Great stories to prompt action

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Asteroid City review: Is Wes Anderson film all style over substance?

A junior astronomy competition is spectacularly derailed by world-changing events in this star-studded film by Wes Anderson, but what is really going on? It’s complicated

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Asteroid City review: Is Wes Anderson film all style over substance?

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New Scientist recommends: Curtis Sittenfeld's new pandemic romcom

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The Limits of Genius review: What made Newton and Einstein stupid?

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Blue Machine review: Earth's ocean as a giant engine

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Tin Can review: Fix your escape pod in this fantastic video game

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