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Earth

A rich new history of our obsession with extracting Earth's resources

Philip Marsden's book Under a Metal Sky is an engrossing look at how we have excavated key metals and rocks over the millennia. It's a story shot through with awe, power, greed and hubris

Culture

From streets to the stars: 500 years of maps at Kings College London?s Maughan Library

Earth

�鶹��ý recommends map exhibition From Streets to the Stars

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Health

Is this book the ultimate guide for getting babies to sleep? Sort of

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2HXRJ2C A young child stands at edge of calm pool with clouds over hills

Humans

Weary parents shouldn't miss this science-backed guide to raising kids

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2Y74H8B TransPacific undersea communication cables on the ocean floor off the island of Guam, Micronesia.

Earth

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

Culture

Digital generated image of young woman standing on entrance of multicoloured portal door. Metaverse concept.

Technology

This sci-fi debut is a quietly brilliant look at a disturbing future

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Signage of AI (Artificial Intelligence) is seen during the World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit in Mumbai, India, on May 02, 2025. (Photo by Indranil Aditya / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL ADITYA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

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

Culture

THE END 2024 de Joshua Oppenheimer Tim McInnerny Michael Shannon George MacKay Tilda Swinton Bronagh Gallagher Lennie James.

Earth

Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is a superb musical set in the end times

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Life

Grisly new book reveals what zombie insects can teach us

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Space

A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist

In highly politicised times, is living off-world something we should entertain, let alone do? Adriana Marais's futurist dream Out of This World and Into the Next feels tone deaf

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Humans

�鶹��ý recommends Curious Cures: Medicine in the medieval world

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Comment

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

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Environment

Climate drama Families Like Ours deserves to be a word-of-mouth hit

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Life

�鶹��ý recommends the Oscar-winning animation Flow

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