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Ten Trips review: What tripping taught an academic about psychedelics

From ketamine in a London kitchen to wachuma in the Colombian Amazon, self-described "douchey forty-nine-year-old psychedelic virgin" and neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell hopes his trips will teach us more about the drugs

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Starter Villain review: Big questions laced with absurdist humour

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The Coming Wave review: How AI reshapes our world

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Extinctions review: A fast-paced story of going extinct on Earth

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The MANIAC review: A dark novel about the legendary John von Neumann

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Billion Dollar Heist review: How cybercriminals hit Bangladeshi bank

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New Scientist recommends The Man Who Couldn't Stop and The Retrievals

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Mountains of Fire review: What volcanoes can teach us about ourselves

Clive Oppenheimer's intrepid scientific memoir not only takes us to the crater's edge, it shows how seriously the volcanologist takes the mystical meanings volcanoes hold for those who live nearby

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Painkiller review: Netflix drops the ball in retelling OxyContin story

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NIMONA - A Knight (Riz Ahmed) is framed for a crime he didn't commit and the only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Chlo???? Grace Moretz), a shape-shifting teen who might also be a monster he's sworn to kill. Set in a techno-medieval world unlike anything animation has tackled before, this is a story about the labels we assign to people and the shapeshifter who refuses to be defined by anyone. Cr: Netflix ???? 2022

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New Scientist recommends futuristic Netflix movie Nimona

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Interstellar review: The case for seeking out alien technology

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Viewfinder review: Perspective is all in a unique first-person puzzler

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