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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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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

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Holy Mary on window Statuette of Holy Mary and vase with plastic flowers in window on a house with bright pink walls, Irish cottage, Ireland

Humans

Alice Roberts investigates the unstoppable rise of Christianity

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BOXBERG, GERMANY - MARCH 17: Boxberg Power Station is seen during sunset on March 17, 2016 in Boxberg, Germany. This lignite-fired power station is the second largest in Germany. (Photo by Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)

Environment

New book about the story of carbon dioxide is a rousing call to action

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Songs of the Humpback Whale (album cover)

Life

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends the 55-year-old Songs of the Humpback Whale

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Earth

The captivating story that Earth’s ‘boring’ layered rocks tell us

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Humans

Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

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Society

Powerful new book explores how noise has taken over the world

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Installation view of the gallery ?Michael Smith's Government Approved Home Fallout Shelter Snack Bar? in the exhibition "Collection?1970s?Present,? June 3, 2023 - June 3, 2024. Photographed in June 2023. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image ? 2025 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Dorado.

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Michael Smith’s take on a fallout shelter

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Humans

Exploring humanity’s ancient origins in fantastic new BBC documentary

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TOPSHOT - This photo taken on August 16, 2022 shows solar panels among Sichuan pepper field in Bijie, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Bill McKibben makes a powerful pitch for solar in optimistic new book

In Here Comes the Sun, environmentalist Bill McKibben argues that the rapid adoption of solar power should quell our worst climate fears. Is he right, asks James Dinneen

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Mind

Mind-blowing effects of nature on our brains revealed in new book

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Physics

This book could convince you to become an engineer

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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David Cronenberg’s new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

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