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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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Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

Some technologies never quite make it. But a new book, The Long History of the Future, shows how certain problems are just bigger and thornier than we thought

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All Systems Red

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Martha Wells’s sci-fi novella All Systems Red

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Episode 2. Rashida Jones in "Sunny," premiering July 10, 2024 on Apple TV+.

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Cute housebot Sunny lures us into an intriguing and flawed TV show

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

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Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science fiction novel Rosewater

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A man is lying in a hammock in the sun, he is reading a book on his digital tablet. The hammock is hanging in a beautiful green forest in Sweden.

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The best science non-fiction books of 2024 so far

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The best science fiction books of 2024 so far

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The best new science fiction books of July 2024

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A powerful new book shows why it’s so important to understand war

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Matt Parker’s comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths

Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker's Love Triangle is fast-paced, with nuggets about everything from impossible soccer balls to duck wakes. But it doesn't leave our reviewer understanding trigonometry any better

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends a stage adaptation of Spirited Away in London

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Save the planet, release your inner wild, urges a passionate new book

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New book explores how games shape the world – for better or for worse

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Engaging new book explores how vital mathematics is to map-making

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