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Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star

Set on a planet whose population lives underground, Radiant Star is Ann Leckie's latest Radch-universe novel. Its rich characterisation and meticulous world-building shine through, says our science-fiction columnist Emily H. Wilson

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What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow

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Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

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Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

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USA. Arizona. 1988. Pom Pom girls of Sun City West retirement community, the youngest of which is sixty years old. Part of the

Health

Can you slow ageing with your diet? A new book gives it a go

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Fermat's Last Theorem: still a must-read about a 350-year maths secret

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Fermat's Last Theorem: still a must-read about a 350-year maths secret

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Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two companion galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy, can be seen as bright smudges in the night sky, in the centre of the photograph.

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What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe

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How To Talk to AI

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�鶹��ý recommends Jamie Bartlett's insightful How to Talk to AI

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Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways

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What to read this week: Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi

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Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book

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Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book

James Watson’s The Double Helix is probably one of the greatest science books of all time – but Michael Le Page finds he can’t recommend that anyone actually reads it

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Environment

The Iran war is exposing the huge risks in our food system

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What to read this week: Lixing Sun's ambitious On the Origin of Sex

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Michael Pollan: 'Consciousness is really under siege'

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�鶹��ý recommends the engaging Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal

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