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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.

2RNRCMD Spacecraft on alien planet, illustration

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The best new science fiction books of June 2025

June’s sci-fi hot tips feature a sleep-killing neural chip from Laura Elliott, plus Will Carver's vision of a world where a virus makes us kinder

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Dane physicist Niels Bohr, pictured in his laboratory, received the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the structure of atoms.

Physics

Ambitious book on quantum physics still fails to be accessible

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1.5 Degrees Celsius is the magical border - after that, there's no going back. Fridays For Future, 20.09.2019 in Bonn, Germany

Mathematics

Why exploring “equality” in a new maths book may help the real world

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Tutankhamun London: The Immersive Experience Pres Images

Humans

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Tutankhamun: The immersive exhibition

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Astronaut Sally Ride, mission specialist on STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the Flight Deck. Floating in front of her is a flight procedures notebook. (Credit: NASA)

Space

Life of first US woman in space Sally Ride makes a moving documentary

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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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Across the universe. Traveling in space. Time travel. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.; Shutterstock ID 200832383; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Physics

Read an extract from time-travel novel The Ministry of Time

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Time glitch concept. Hypnotising watch on a chain swinging above clouds.; Shutterstock ID 1121133503; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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‘Time travel was just a metaphor for controlling a narrative’

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GreenSTEM. Sainsbury Lab Cambridge University display at Chelsea Flower Show 2025. Credit J.Garget

Life

From Chelsea to the British Library, garden shows are blooming

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2WM0P5Y Cute baby girl stretching arms lying in bed at home

Health

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

Helen Ball's How Babies Sleep draws on anthropology and biology to help babies (and their parents) get a better night's sleep. It has some fascinating insights, but is somewhat impractical

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Earth

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

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Earth

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends map exhibition From Streets to the Stars

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Technology

How the new Murderbot TV series made me a reluctant convert

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Humans

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

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