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The Chinese government plans to launch its Social Credit System in 2020. The aim? To judge the trustworthiness – or otherwise – of its 1.3 billion residents.
By the time Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli completes his latest mission, in December, he will have spent 313 days in space. The longest of any European astronaut.
The co-founder behind tbh, Facebook's latest buy, says the app is all about improving the mental health of teens. But it might not live up to those big claims.
Territory Studios turned to animal parts and dried up fruits to create a new kind of dystopian future for Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic.
Apple's newest cans are simple, deliver a nice sound but don't quite have the quality to please the audiophile market
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Kafka-esque red tape is holding back Syrians who have fled to neighbouring Jordan. But, slowly, a new network is emerging from the ruins of war. ### You should ignore film ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes
We compared how IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic rate their movies. While the ratings differ, they all have one thing in common: a bias toward men.
### Stranger Things 2 suffers from sequelitis, but it's not fatal
Netflix's '80s nostalgia horror gets a bit too nostalgic for itself, but it's not enough to ruin a great return.
Photographer Jonathan Smith travelled to the Arctic to track down a colony of walruses for the second series of Blue Planet.
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