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The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

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The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

With Steven Spielberg’s new extraterrestrial film Disclosure Day just out, it’s the ideal time to watch Close Encounter of the Third Kind – perhaps the perfect UFO film, says film columnist Bethan Ackerley

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Backrooms A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director

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Earth

Earth has a mysterious triple symmetry that may influence its climate

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Health

Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

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'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

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Futuristic alien vessels float in formation over a vast natural valley lit by vibrant evening light.

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The late Ian Watson's sci-fi The Embedding is intriguing – but dated

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Luminous book jacket and author Silvia Park

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Our verdict on Luminous by Silvia Park: a fascinating take on robots

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Physics

We may finally know why gold stays so shiny

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Author Silvia Park: 'No one is your enemy, not even death'

Silvia Park, author of the May read for the New ÒÁÈ˾þà Book Club, 'Luminous' on emotional artificial intelligence, our inevitable love for robots and coping with grief.

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This is the most underrated sci-fi film franchise of the 21st century

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Technology

Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

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Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

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Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

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