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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.

H7X53M Los Cedros River, Cotacachi-Cayapas Reserve, Ecuador

Life

Robert Macfarlane is wrong to cast rivers as life forms in new book

We should protect Earth's rivers and forests with laws. But it is another matter to claim them as living beings, as Robert Macfarlane does in his new book Is a River Alive?

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Swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight chasing a Tsetse fly (Glossina sp.), Kenya, Africa.

Life

Welcome to a great, straightforward guide to the tree of life

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Sir David Attenborough looks out to sea in Southern England. From National Geographic and Silverback and in association with All3Media International, documentary special OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH highlights the vital, achievable actions the world can take to restore the ocean and stabilize the climate, debuting in 2025. (Photo by Conor McDonnell)

Life

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Ocean with David Attenborough

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Shortlist book stack

Environment

This sensational novel shows what climate fiction can be

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HR8B2Y Tocharian manuscript THT133

Humans

An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

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Mudlark in gloves examines an old, green glass poison bottle with embossed text ? London Museum Mudlarkers photographed on the Thames between Millenium Bridge and Southwark Bridge along with finds, landscape views and close ups.

Humans

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Secrets of the Thames mudlarking exhibition

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Egret Take off at Pallikaranai Marsh, Chennai, India

Life

Chronicling nature activism in a coastal corner of India

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An artist?s impression of the Martian settlement SpaceX has envisioned. Image: SpaceX https://www.spacex.com/humanspaceflight/mars/

Technology

Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

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GB. England. Black Country. Wolverhampton. Compton. Royston Blythe hair salon. 2012.

Mind

Why saying no is so hard and what we can do about it

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W7E22Y Adolf Hitler at a car show in Berlin, Germany, 1935. Artist: Unknown. Image shot 1935. Exact date unknown.

Comment

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends David de Jong’s Nazi Billionaires

The books, TV, games and more that Â鶹´«Ã½ staff have enjoyed this week

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Comment

Black Mirror returns full of delights and disappointments

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Comment

Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Comment

Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a ‘great gaudy intellectual toy’

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Space

Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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