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Ant man

Physics

Why films like Avengers: Endgame can get away with time travel tricks

In his monthly film column, Simon Ings finds that invoking the quantum world is a great way out for Avengers-style franchises when they want to mess with time

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Svalbard vault

Earth

Underland is a profound journey into the mirror world of the dead

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Azeem Azhar

Technology

Don’t miss: untamed tech, a changing China and food for thought

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Colin Clive and Boris Karloff

Mind

How sci-fi like Frankissstein helps us face our fears of the future

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Environment

HBO’s Chernobyl drama highlights the human cost of nuclear catastrophe

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magic exhibition

Mind

The psychology of magic and how it plays with our minds

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bees

Life

We still don’t know how some animals find their way on huge migrations

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face

Mind

Don’t miss: cutting edge AI, Kubrick in 4K and our marvellous moon

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Athena Promachos sculpture

Technology

How games like Assassin’s Creed give us a feel for history

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Humans

Writing: Making Your Mark reveals the power of the written word

Is a written culture necessary to make a better culture or better citizens? A smart, satisfyingly deep exhibition at the British Library leaves us wondering

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Space

Tomorrow Inc: how Stanley Kubrick designed the future

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Technology

The psychological dark side of sharing your daily life on YouTube

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Life

Don’t miss: celestial bodies, mathematical beauty and sci-fi fun

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Mind

The great wonder and strangeness of the human brain

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