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Dark Stars

Discoveries from around the world hint at the possibility that our Universe might be full of stars that are invisible to our sensitive detectors.

How the brain creates reality

That blancmange-like squiggly stuff inside your skull somehow creates the world that you know.

Waste not, want not

Meet the people who are creating valuable resources from waste.

Alexa, tell me a story

We talk to Lara Martin, a computer innovation fellow who wants to teach computers how to tell stories (and maybe play a spot of Dungeons & Dragons, too).

Plus

  • How to get fit at home
  • Innovations: the latest news from the world of technology

Issue 360 on sale 17 February 2021

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