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Astronaut Sally Ride, mission specialist on STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the Flight Deck. Floating in front of her is a flight procedures notebook. (Credit: NASA)

Space

Life of first US woman in space Sally Ride makes a moving documentary

A new documentary sheds light on the extraordinary story of the US's first woman astronaut, Sally Ride, who defied all expectations in both her career and personal life

Culture

THE END 2024 de Joshua Oppenheimer Tim McInnerny Michael Shannon George MacKay Tilda Swinton Bronagh Gallagher Lennie James.

Earth

Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is a superb musical set in the end times

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Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark film still

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Indiana Jones vs Lara Croft: Ranking the best fictional archaeologists

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New Scientist recommends The Martian – sci-fi fun for all the family

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Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17

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Still from Rule Brakers (2025)

Society

Terrific drama shows the battle for girls' education in Afghanistan

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Caption: (L-R) JACK QUAID as Josh and SOPHIE THATCHER as Iris in New Line Cinema?s ?COMPANION,? a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Technology

Robot Iris turns out to be a straw man in horror-comedy Companion

Culture

JOAQUIN PHOENIX as Theodore in the romantic drama

Technology

New Scientist recommends Spike Jonze’s eerily prescient 2013 film Her

Culture

2YHYWF4 HERE - FILM STILLS. 2024 . USA. Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in Here - (c)Sony Pictures - is a 2024 American drama film produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis based on the 2014 graphic novel by Richard McGuire. The film is a nonlinear story covering a single spot of land and its inhabitants from the distant past to the present. Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, and Kelly Reilly star. Release November 2024. Captioned 12 November 2024 Ref: LMK110-MB071-121124 Supplied by LMKMEDIA. Editorial Only. Landmark Media is not the copyright owner of these Film or TV stills but provides a service

Technology

New Tom Hanks film fails to wow despite the cutting-edge tech

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Mind

Severance is still the most thoughtful, complex show on television

After three long years of hoping, it seemed impossible that the second season of Severance could live up to the scope and ambition of the first. But, mercifully, it has, says Bethan Ackerley

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New Scientist recommends artist Philippe Parreno’s new work, Voices

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The best science fiction films of 2024

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Society

New Scientist recommends cooperative board game Sammu-ramat

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Health

Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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