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Novels with a certain structure are more likely to be classics

Novels need a gripping story to stay popular as the decades pass, but it seems that other less-obvious factors may also contribute to their lasting success

News

A man tends to vegetables growing in a field as emissions rise from cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Tongling, Anhui province, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. China's economy expanded at its weakest pace since 2009, according to figures Monday, with gross domestic product rising 6.4 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

Two climate scientists on how to use emotion in the climate crisis

Culture

portrait happy senior asian woman look at camera

Health

In the race to reach 100, the wealthy have a head start

Leader

Woman holding blender and making healthy smoothie with various vegetables and fruits in the kitchen at home

Health

Three simple rules for a great post-workout meal

Regulars

The science revealing how the right diet can add a decade to your life

Health

The science revealing how the right diet can add a decade to your life

Features

The exercises you need to do to reach 100 in great shape

Health

The exercises you need to do to reach 100 in great shape

Features

What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

Health

What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

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Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival held amid snowfall at the Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on November 27, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

Culture

In Mason Coile's Exiles, a human crew arrive on Mars

Comment

The best new science fiction books of September 2025

Culture

The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

Space

Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The �鶹��ý Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed. In this extract from its opening, we get our first glimpse of the planet Anarres

Culture

Society

Powerful new book explores how noise has taken over the world

Culture

Comment

�鶹��ý recommends Michael Smith's take on a fallout shelter

Culture

Humans

Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

Culture

Environment

Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

Features