Five must-read stories you may have missed this week

From LEGO's attempt to get adults playing with bricks again, to the search for our Solar System's hidden planet, these are the stories you should be reading this weekend

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This new LEGO for adults is unlike anything you've ever seen before

LEGO Forma is an experimental new line from the toy company aimed squarely at big kids.

The unending hunt for Planet Nine, our solar system's hidden world

For many, the hunt for Planet Nine has become an obsession. This is the inside story of the race to solve one of the solar system's greatest mysteries.

As Instagram's founders quit, Facebook swallows it whole

Five mustread stories you may have missed this week
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Facebook now has the tricky challenge of squeezing more revenue out of Instagram without breaking it.

The almighty tussle over whether we should talk to aliens or not

Five mustread stories you may have missed this week
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Astronomers can't decide whether messaging ET would bring interstellar chaos or a new era of galactic collaboration. And what would we say?

Why people can't accept the Croydon cat killer was fiction

Five mustread stories you may have missed this week
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After a three-year investigation, police have finally unmasked the Croydon Cat Killer. And people are having a hard time accepting the results of the case.

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