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Space

Adrian Tchaikovsky's new Children of Time novel is brilliant

The latest novel in this entirely original science-fiction series features a human-size mantis shrimp as an "uplifted" species. It's ambitious and fantastic, says sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson

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Lander 23 Poster

Comment

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends real-world stealth game LANDER 23

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2TB3203 View of sign Liar, Liar Pants on Fire as part of Global Climate Strike in Vancouver

Mind

What to read this week: Poisonous People by Leanne ten Brinke

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Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?

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Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth. Venus is the first planet above the moon, and at the top left to right are the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Photo credits are as follows: Earth - Apollo 17; Lunar Surface - Apollo 8; Sun - Apollo 12; Venus - Pioneer Venus; Jupiter - Voyager I; Mercury - Mariner 10; Saturn - Pioneer 11.

Space

What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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Moises Arias

Comment

Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi

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A roundup of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club's February read

A roundup of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club's February read

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Pierre Huyghe

Comment

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends the quantum soundscape of Liminals

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Fish eye lens view of a man, wearing a striped short-sleeve shirt, inspecting an IBM System/360 Model 91 mainframe computer system, United States, circa 1965. (Photo by Dwight Ellefsen/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Technology

What to read this week: The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths

In the ChatGPT era, a war over the nature of intelligence is playing out. Chris Stokel-Walker explores a Princeton professor's engaging take

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Technology

Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'

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Life

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends The Big Oyster: History on the half shell

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Comment

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Hamnet, and its look at our links with nature

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Mind

What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick

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