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New Scientist recommends: Spies, Lies and Deception and Chimp Empire

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

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Blood in the Machine review: Going back to the Luddites

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2KJXNKB Leipzig, Germany. 25th Nov, 2022. Participants of a demonstration of the trade union Verdi walk with flags and carry a banner with the inscription "Make Amazon pay" and a coffin. About 200 employees of the online mail order company Amazon protested for better working conditions and adequate pay. Credit: Sebastian Willnow/dpa/Alamy Live News

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Cocoon review: One of the biggest gaming treats of the year

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2G6HE5R ANNIE JUMP CANNON (1863-1941) American astronomer and suffragist. about 1920

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Her Space, Her Time review: Trailblazing women astronomers

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Lessons in Chemistry review: TV show delivers – just stay with it

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Lessons in Chemistry review: TV show delivers – just stay with it

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Julia review: A brilliant, devastating sequel to Nineteen Eighty-Four

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New Scientist recommends: Children of Memory and They Cloned Tyrone

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Extremely Online review: A vital look at the creator economy

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Of Time and Turtles review: What can we learn from turtles?

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Going Infinite review: Who is Sam Bankman-Fried?

A profile of “crypto king” Sam Bankman-Fried has been rushed out as his fraud trial starts in the US. Does its author Michael Lewis get to grips with his subject?

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The Creator review: A mishmash of science fiction ideas

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Anson Mount as Pike in the trailer of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+

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New Scientist recommends season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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CARDIFF, WALES - JUNE 20: Police facial recognition cameras in operation on Westgate Street ahead of a Harry Styles concert at the Principality Stadium on June 20, 2023 in Cardiff, Wales. Members of the European Parliament recently backed an effective ban on live face recognition cameras in public. A live face recognition camera works by comparing faces with a "watch list" using Artificial Intelligence. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

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Your Face Belongs to Us review: What is happening to public privacy?

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Aliza Nisenbaum, Susan, Aarti, Keerthana and Princess, Sunday in Brooklyn, 2018, oil on linen ? Aliza Nisenbaum. Photo courtesy the Artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York Real Families: Stories of Change Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 6 Oct 2023 - 7 January 2024 Terms of Loan These images are on loan to you, and are accepted by you under the following terms and conditions: That the reproductions are accompanied by the artist, title, date, lender and copyright line; That the reproductions are not cropped, overprinted, tinted or subject to any form of derogatory treatment without the prior approval of the copyright owner; That the images are only reproduced to illustrate an article or feature reviewing or reporting on Real Families: Stories of Change at the Fitzwilliam Museum (section 30 (i) and (ii) of theCopyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988); That any reproductions are not used for marketing or advertising purposes. Press use is considered to be moderate use of images to report a current event or to illustrate a review or criticism of the work, as defined by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Chapter 48 Section 30 Subsections (1)-(3). Reproductions which comply with the above do not need to be licensed. Reproductions for all non-press uses or for press uses where the above criteria do not apply (e.g.covers and feature articles) must be licensed before publication. Further information can be obtained atwww.dacs.org.uk or by contacting DACS licensing on +44 207 336 8811. Due to UK copyright law only applying to UK publications, any articles or press uses which are published outside of the UK and include reproductions of these images will need to have sought authorisation with the relevant copyright society of that country. The use of images for front covers may attract a fee and will require the prior authorisation of the holder of the work. Please contact kitty@sam-talbot.com

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Real Families exhibition: How we redefined families for a new world

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