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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.

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian – and it’s fab

Ryan Gosling stars in the latest adaptation of an Andy Weir novel, another tale of a lone genius battling to survive in space. Bethan Ackerley thoroughly approves

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The best new popular science books of March 2026

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

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

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Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new Children of Time novel is brilliant

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

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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

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‘If a drug had the same benefits as the arts, we’d take it every day’

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Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt

In this extract from Daisy Fancourt's Art Cure, the March read for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club, we learn about how art classes transformed life for Russell after he had a stroke

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

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends the quantum soundscape of Liminals

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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

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