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Explore the latest science non-fiction books and sci-fi novels, plus science and technology-related theatre, exhibitions, games, movies and TV programmes with reviews and recommendations from Â鶹´«Ã½.

Anish Kapoor Hayward Gallery Exhibition 2026. Mount Moriah at the Gate of the Ghetto. Supplied by Megan Edwards megan.edwards@southbankcentre.co.uk

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Anish Kapoor’s show at the Hayward Gallery

Viscera, voids and light-gobbling Vantablack conspire to disturb and amaze in Anish Kapoor’s new exhibition, which has heavy nods to the nature of reality, science and religion

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People sit outside beach huts on the promenade at Walton-on-the-Naze, in southeast England on July 15, 2021. - Brightly painted wooden beach huts line England's coastline and have enjoyed a boom during the pandemic, as people rediscover seaside breaks close to home. - To go with AFP story by Anna MALPAS (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) / To go with AFP story by Anna MALPAS (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sunshine can help with some serious health problems, argues a new book

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Woman reflected in mirror Description Woman reflected in mirror. France

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This twisty sci-fi thriller is a fantastic debut from Isabel J. Kim

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Professor Chris Jackson and Tom Hiddleston discuss the events at Pompeii from the top of Mount Vesuvius

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Tom Hiddleston’s new Pompeii show is unabashedly cheesy – but it works

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“Physics is the antagonist” in Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods

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Entangled States: A Life According to Quantum Physics

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This memoir is a personal and moving journey through the quantum world

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Janet with True ? August 2020

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A neuroscientist explores horses’ minds in a gripping but flawed book

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Jimmy Gonzales as Cepheus, Matt Damon as Odysseus and Himesh Patel as Eurylochus in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

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This book is essential reading before watching the new Odyssey film

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S1, E4 ? 12 June 2026 Dark Forest Fame begins to take its toll on Anastasia. Irina tracks a crucial lead. Anna Maxwell Martin in "Star City," now streaming on Apple TV.

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The 4 best science-fiction shows of 2026 so far

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Cecil the Lion, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

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The 5 must-watch science shows of 2026 so far

From AI with Hannah Fry to David Attenborough's early days, these are the five must-watch science documentaries of the year to date, says Bethan Ackerley

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends a vital look at the science of fatherhood

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Why Schrödinger’s 1944 classic What Is Life? still feels prescient

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Chris Packham: ‘I’d throw myself in front of a T. Rex to be consumed’

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Musical take on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is moving and charming

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