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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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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Systemic: How racism is making us ill

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

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MH56FG View of Seoul city and autumn in Deoksugung palace

Earth

A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis

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Netflix handout film still: Secret Lives of Orangutans. Orangutans are not just one of our closest relatives, they?re perhaps more relatable to us than any other great ape. Narrated by David Attenborough, this film follows a remarkable group of orangutans in the pristine jungles of Sumatra. At the centre of this story is 8 year old Eden, who?s about to embark on the most challenging moment of her life.

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David Attenborough’s latest explores the lives of an orangutan family

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Jennifer Connelly in "Dark Matter," now streaming on Apple TV+.

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends multiverse thriller Dark Matter

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WAR GAME STILL 4 Credit: Thorsten Thielow | Shown in photo: (L to R) Simulation note taker, Elizabeth Neumann, Lou Caldera, Wes Clark, Steve Bullock, Linda Singh, Gwen Camp, David Priess, Pete Strzok

Society

An unusual documentary follows a simulated attempted coup in the US

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2DE140D Rover on Mars

Life

Top astrobiologist explores the possibilities of alien life

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H82G6F Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) portrait, Costa Rica

Life

An engrossing history of teeth shows their complex role in evolution

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Environment

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends a moving Antarctica memoir, Breaking the Ice

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Anopheles gambiae, collected in Mauritius, in the 1950s. image shot by Mariam Ghani in the storage facility of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, The mosquitoes belong to a US Army collection of insects that is stored in that site.

Health

A visually rich documentary packs a punch about how we see disease

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Red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) natural pied mutant colour morph, landing in farmland to feed, Northern Territory, Australia.

Earth

Ambitious story of how life shapes Earth ends superb trilogy

The dynamics of how plants and animals change Earth is central to this last book in a trilogy by Other Minds author and "scuba-diving philosopher" Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Life

Intimate nature documentary is an ode to an oak

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Earth

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Twisters – action sequel with added tornadoes

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Society

The Decameron review: 14th-century romp is a veiled satire of today

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Space

Welcome to the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club

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