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14 science fiction films to watch out for in 2024

From a thriller set on the International Space Station to Nicolas Cage reeling from monsters, end-days are everywhere. Luckily, 2024 also has some cracking blockbusters and intriguing independent features, says Simon Ings

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Celebrating dark skies at a festival in deepest Denmark

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The 13 best sci-fi series and science shows to look forward to in 2024

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The 13 best sci-fi series and science shows to look forward to in 2024

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Young woman, wearing a orange jacket, is reading a book on an ebook reader during sunset over Himalayas. She is sitting on the top of a mountain and holding the e-reader.The afternoon sun on the background. Mount Everest National Park. This is the highest national park in the world, with the entire park located above 3,000 m ( 9,700 ft). This park includes three peaks higher than 8,000 m, including Mt Everest. Therefore, most of the park area is very rugged and steep, with its terrain cut by deep rivers and glaciers. Unlike other parks in the plain areas, this park can be divided into four climate zones because of the rising altitude. The climatic zones include a forested lower zone, a zone of alpine scrub, the upper alpine zone which includes upper limit of vegetation growth, and the Arctic zone where no plants can grow.

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20 non-fiction and popular science books to look forward to in 2024

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See the world's tropical forests illuminated in stunning new show

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See the world's tropical forests illuminated in stunning new show

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Erland Cooper interview: The composer who melts hearts with icy music

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For All Mankind season four review: Space race drama still a winner

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New ÒÁÈ˾þà recommends: Over My Dad Body and Live to 100

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The Lazarus Project is back, and the fight to secure the future has never been more intense. When the world locks into a time loop in which the world ends every three weeks, the Lazarus team must race against time to find a solution before humanity is wiped out forever. Among their number is resolute Lazarus agent, George (Paapa Essiedu), who???s been left in disgrace after betraying the organisation in the name of love. George is determined to redeem himself and win back the trust of his friends, colleagues, and the love of his life. But when he discovers that the cause he???s fighting is more sinister than it appears, George begins to suspect that the only person he can really trust is himself.

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New ÒÁÈ˾þà recommends The Lazarus Project and Ark Nova

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Pillars of Creation (NIRCam and MIRI Composite Image) By combining images of the iconic Pillars of Creation from two cameras aboard NASA???s James Webb Space Telescope, the universe has been framed in its infrared glory. Webb???s near-infrared image was fused with its mid-infrared image, setting this star-forming region ablaze with new details. Myriad stars are spread throughout the scene. The stars primarily show up in near-infrared light, marking a contribution of Webb???s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). Near-infrared light also reveals thousands of newly formed stars ??? look for bright orange spheres that lie just outside the dusty pillars. In mid-infrared light, the dust is on full display. The contributions from Webb???s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) are most apparent in the layers of diffuse, orange dust that drape the top of the image, relaxing into a V. The densest regions of dust are cast in deep indigo hues, obscuring our view of the activities inside the dense pillars. Dust also makes up the spire-like pillars that extend from the bottom left to the top right. This is one of the reasons why the region is overflowing with stars ??? dust is a major ingredient of star formation. When knots of gas and dust with sufficient mass form in the pillars, they begin to collapse under their own gravitational attraction, slowly heat up, and eventually form new stars. Newly formed stars are especially apparent at the edges of the top two pillars ??? they are practically bursting onto the scene. At the top edge of the second pillar, undulating detail in red hints at even more embedded stars. These are even younger, and are quite active as they form. The lava-like regions capture their periodic ejections. As stars form, they periodically send out supersonic jets that can interact within clouds of material, like these thick pillars of gas and dust. These young stars are estimated to be only a few hundred thousand years old, and will continue to form for mi

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Why 'existential humility' may be the answer to today's culture wars

Embracing humility can help us open our minds and challenge our beliefs – but how do we do it? Cultivating the emotion awe may help, finds David Robson

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New ÒÁÈ˾þà recommends Being You and The Man Without Qualities

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The Future review: Doom is booming in a wild tale with a major twist

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New ÒÁÈ˾þà recommends RE/SISTERS: A lens on gender and ecology

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New ÒÁÈ˾þà recommends Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Opticks

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