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Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human

In a smart, compassionate novel, Sierra Greer spins the tired trope of a robot challenging its fate into sci-fi gold

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Solar Eclipse and elephants

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The surprising ways animals react to a total solar eclipse

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The outer parts of the sun during a total solar eclipse

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6 things to look out for during the total solar eclipse

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An animation of the primitive Earth in the process of formation, more than four billion years ago. We view the newborn world from its troubled surface a sea of lava dotted with volcanoes spewing more lava, ash and smoke into the atmosphere. Meteorites fall frequently, illuminating the black, lifeless, surface rocks. And in the sky, the Moon -- much closer to us then than it is now -- endures a similar bombardment.

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The Story of Earth's Climate review: 25 discoveries tell tangled tale

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Two people viewing an eclipse wearing eclipse glasses

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How to view an eclipse safely and what to look for in eclipse glasses

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What causes a total solar eclipse and how often do they occur?

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What causes a total solar eclipse and how often do they occur?

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A close-up view of a burial trench between rows of individual graves, excavated between the concrete foundations of the Royal Mint, from the excavation of the Black Death cemetery, East Smithfield, London, view looking west. (Photo by MOLA/Getty Images)

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Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages

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Father and daughter sitting at kitchen table near window in discussion

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Bad therapy review: Is mental health industry fuelling youth crisis?

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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Wise Animals review: Exploring the entwined worlds of humans and tech

As AI advances daily, a timely and wide-ranging book explores our past, present and future relationship with the technology that co-evolved with us

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Constellation review: Thriller's science frustrates but it looks great

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Supercommunicators review: Learning how to change deeply held beliefs

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What is love? A new book finds we still don't really know

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Amid (more) Hugo awards controversy, let's remember some past greats

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