McConaughey or Culkin? Algorithm predicts actors’ peak years

Researchers say best years tend to be preceded by rise in number of acting credits

DNA-based holidays encourage a dangerous flirtation with race

Airbnb and the genetic testing company 23andMe have teamed up to suggest travel itineraries based on ancestry. It’s a boost for unscientific ideas, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The five: robot farmers

Will robots be the answer to labour shortages on farms? Our pick of the best planting, weeding and harvesting machines

‘It’s ghost slavery’: the troubling world of pop holograms

Dead stars from Whitney Houston to Maria Callas are going on tour again. As Miley Cyrus explores the issue in a new Black Mirror, we uncover the greatest identity crisis in music today

‘Captivating’ – BFI shares first footage of a solar eclipse from 1900

Magician John Nevil Maskelyne captured the moon passing in front of the sun while in the US

SpaceX satellites could blight the night sky, warn astronomers

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellites ‘have no public consensus and may impair view of the cosmos’

Life on Mars? Sorry, Brian Cox, that’s still science fiction

The utopian vision of humans colonising the red planet to solve our energy and population crises is a misguided fantasy, says science writer Philip Ball

Liftoff: the new race to the moon begins

The race is on to put people back on the moon

Fly me to the moon: the best ways to mark the Apollo 11 anniversary

From great exhibitions and books to lunar festivals, our guide to the best celebrations of 50 years since the moon landing

Science Museum plans 200 hectare site to show off lost treasures

Huge range of objects little seen for decades will be exhibited in facility near Swindon from 2023

‘I’ve seen more self-aware ants!’ AI: More Than Human – review

Barbican, London This crowd-pleasing show throws robots, shiny toys and interactive paintings at viewers. But there’s little sign of creativity amid the chaotic overload

Jellyfish supper delivered by drone? Radical future predicted for food

Algae milk, insect protein and nutrients consumed through a patch or pill may become norm, report says

Let me into your home: artist Lauren McCarthy on becoming Alexa for a day

She livestreams her dates, once became a real-life Alexa and built a light that dims in boring company. As AI: More Than Human opens at the Barbican, meet an artist for the tech age