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Discovery tour

Bear hunt Rare sloth bears can be tracked down in Sri Lanka

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Wildlife of Sri Lanka

Join us on an unforgettable

12-day holiday to Sri Lanka,

a paradise for wildlife. Your

guide will be entomologist and

presenter George McGavin, who

will take you to the wild corners

of this extraordinary island in

search of leopards, elephants,

whales and plenty of more

unusual species too, including

pangolins, sloth bears and

lorises. The tour departs on

5 March. Find out more and

view the full itinerary online.

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Covid-19 daily briefing

Stay on top of all the most

crucial developments in the

pandemic – from variants to

vaccines – with our essential

briefing, updated each weekday.

There are also links to exclusive

interviews and features.

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In this special episode,

New Scientist staff give their

expert picks of the scientific

and cultural events to look

forward to this year. Highlights

of 2022 include the launch

into orbit of SpaceX’s Starship,

the opening of an upcoming

Stonehenge exhibition at the

British Museum in London, the

TV adaptation of Kate Akinson’s

novel Life After Life and an

innovative new breast cancer

clinical trial.

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Health Check

Get reporter Clare Wilson’s

unmissable newsletter on

health and fitness delivered

free to your inbox each week.

In the latest edition, she looks

at how many of us have given

up the booze this January, and

why the positive effects on

people’s health are extremely

difficult to tease out.

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health-check

Events

Understanding

the AI revolution

Beth Singler studies the

stories we tell ourselves

about artificial intelligence,

while Shakir Mohamed works

at cutting-edge AI firm DeepMind.

Join them for an evening talk

on how AI will change our lives.

This event takes place in person,

from 7pm on 24 February at

London’s Conway Hall.

newscientist.com/ns-events

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Set in stone An exhibition tells the human story behind Stonehenge

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Essential guide

How did the universe begin? What

is it made of? Do black holes exist?

Albert Einstein’s space and time-

warping theories of relativity have

revolutionised our view of the

cosmos over the past century. Find

out how in the 10th New Scientist

Essential Guide, available now.

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“ As many as

1 in 7 adults

in the UK

will be

attempting a

‘dry January’

this year”

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