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The best science fiction books of 2025 so far

From generation ships to climate change, there has been some stellar sci-fi out in the past six months. Our columnist Emily H. Wilson picks her favourites

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Hal LaCroix's Here and Beyond takes place on a spaceship journeying for centuries to a new planet

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The best new science fiction books of July 2025

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Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

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The best new science fiction books of June 2025

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Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest Oak leaf lumen prints exposed to the sun on the forest floor

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Dazzling oak leaf prints merge science and nature

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Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise

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�鶹��ý recommends Colum McCann's new novel Twist

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Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking drug's entry to brain

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This new book is a one-sided attempt to puncture the AI bubble

The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna wants to expose the hype generated by large artificial intelligence companies, but it is a frustrating read

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Cervix-on-a-chip inspires potential new treatment for preterm birth

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Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)

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Mathematics

Marcus du Sautoy's new book is good on maths, less so on the arts

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An expert's new book unravels the amazing secrets of the vagus nerve

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