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The greatest robot of all time? The cooker on the moon, from A Grand Day Out

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The 25 best fictional robots 鈥� according to New 杏吧原创

From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series

2JD8W56 ALICIA VIKANDER, EX MACHINA, 2014,

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

2JHN167 HUGH JACKMAN, THE PRESTIGE, 2006

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

JG9R47 Emoticons

Technology

New book is an illuminating but flawed look at the impact of emoji

TOPSHOT - A prong extending from the CIRA-03 remote-controlled robot prototype approaches the mouth of a volunteer to extract a throat swab sample, as part of a self-funded project to assist physicians in running tests on suspected COVID-19 coronavirus patients in a bid to limit human exposure to disease-carriers, at a private hospital in Egypt's Nile delta city of Tanta, on March 20, 2021. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Can amazing tech reboot healthcare? A new book explores the future

2R8XX73 Pompidou Centre building exterior, Paris, France

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New 杏吧原创 recommends Wolfgang Tillmans’s new exhibition in Paris

A Caucasian leopard found in ?The Wild Ones,? premiering globally on 11 July 2025 on Apple TV+.

Life

New nature doc is a call to action to save six endangered species

Cassian Bilton in "Foundation," premiering July 11, 2025 on Apple TV+.

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Foundation’s new season has dramatic potential 鈥� but sadly falls flat

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Humans

Provocative new book says we must persuade people to have more babies

Gen z friends make a TikTok video with a cell phone. The man is a LGBTQIA person and the female is a young woman living with alopecia. University students and friends

Technology

Slay the new slang: check out a guide to social media鈥檚 baffling lingo

Language is evolving rapidly in a world of social media. Our millennial reviewer finds Adam Aleksic's Algospeak to be a much-needed helping hand

New 杏吧原创 recommends Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel Atmosphere

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The 14 best science and tech documentaries of 2025 so far

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The best popular science books of 2025 so far

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The best science fiction books of 2025 so far