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Nosy researcher’s quest to map the world’s ‘smellscapes’

We can share images and sounds, so why not smells? Dr Kate McLean-MacKenzie hopes her new atlas will make scents

Day 25 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: Dusty Pillars

Day 25 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: Dusty Pillars. This is the James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view of the Pillars of Creation, trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, about 7,000 light-years away. The mid-infrared view allows scientists to focus on the dense dust in the star-forming regions within these massive pillars.

The Titanic, Sinclair C5 and Brexit: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK

Exhibition of design flops should suit British sense of humour, says its founder, but also shows failure is a part of learning

Netflix vs. Paramount

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Watching Someone Fail Shouldn’t Be So Fun

In Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet delivers both cringe and charisma.

Michael Mann: ‘I make films for a large presentation’

As his epic crime thriller Heat turns 30, the director talks about pairing acting legends, his thoughts on AI and what’s happening with Heat 2

The video games you may have missed in 2025

Date a vending machine, watch intergalactic television and make the most out of your short existence as a fly. Here are the best games you weren’t playing this year The 20 best video games of 2025 More on the best culture of 2025

UK electric car charger rollout slows amid worries over EV switch

Smallest number of new chargers since 2022 as carmakers persuade government to weaken EV sales targets

‘Nostalgic and calming’: lava lamps are groovy again as sales glow

The British-made lamps have surged in popularity as younger audiences seek to recapture magic of the 1960s

Ice by Jacek Dukaj review

The 1908 Tunguska comet changes the direction of history and gives rise to a weird new reality in this acclaimed epic from the Polish author

Monetizers vs manufactures: How the AI market could splinter in 2026

AI infrastructure firms are set to win from the evolution of once asset-light Big Tech firms.

Taiwan's Foxtron launches Bria EV model, eyes overseas markets

Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer for iPhones, owns 45.6% of Foxtron and Taiwanese automaker Yulon owns 43.8%.