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Starwatch: Waning crescent moon gets close to brilliant beacon of Jupiter
The moon will pass less than a degree north of the giant planet and will be on its other side the next morning
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‘Patients’ who pay $200,000 to be frozen after death are waiting to be reborn in an Australian shed
Exclusive: Southern Cryonics operates out of a shed in Holbrook in rural NSW. Experts say reanimation is ‘a dr...
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Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds
Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest know...
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OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades
Company behind ChatGPT says 10,000 of its AI systems cracked the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours
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How meteorologists recreated weather that helped decide second world war
Experts helped guide weather scenes in Pressure – a film depicting dramatic buildup to 1944’s D-day landings
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Jon Stewart on Donald Trump’s hectic summer: ‘Relentless denial of reality’
Late-night hosts returned from summer break to address Trump’s trolling of Canada, war in Iran and a rusty shi...
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Three people die at Burning Man this year, tripling average number of deaths
Rise in fatalities comes amid news reports that the average age of Burning Man attenders is increasing
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Blake’s townhouse could be open to all
Letter: Directors of the William Blake Congregation respond to an editorial and a letter about writers’ homes
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The L Word: 22 years on, the sexy lesbian series remains a cornerstone for modern sapphic culture
Made in response to the success of hetero Sex and the City, the groundbreaking show follows queer women naviga...
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Skyscrapers and smokestacks: the grittier side of Georgia O’Keeffe
Beyond her famed paintings of flowers and landscapes, the American artist created stunning studies of urban ar...
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‘I suggested maybe a lighter touch’: William Shatner on Star Trek at 60
The actor and others involved with the phenomenon speak about the legacy and progressivism of a much-loved sci...
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‘The more famous I got, the bigger my beehive got’: how Mari Wilson made Just What I Always Wanted
‘I was trying to bring back some glamour. The backcombed hair was like architecture really. It took more than...