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Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

Technology

Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

We’ve always thought of tech as conquering nature, but the climate crisis is changing everything – not least what future advances will look like, argues Annalee Newitz

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Da Vinci drawing

Life

Don't miss: a bright mind, a dark future and crowd-sourced science

Culture

Gamechanger: L. X. Beckett’s latest sci-fi novel lives up to its name

Humans

Gamechanger: L. X. Beckett’s latest sci-fi novel lives up to its name

Culture

BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly

Space

BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly

Culture

The Institute by Stephen King leads a revolutionary sci-fi reboot

Humans

The Institute by Stephen King leads a revolutionary sci-fi reboot

Culture

Ad Astra poster

Space

Don't Miss: Interplanetary paranoia, green buildings and anxious art

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Margaret Atwood

Humans

Margaret Atwood's The Testaments' anti-science world is a grim warning

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space cruiser

Space

Sci-fi film Aniara's best trick is to make the future feel like now

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US town

Life

This month's top sci-fi reminds us to beware technocrats bearing gifts

Culture

Netflix’s bizarre riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein oddly successful

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Netflix’s bizarre riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein oddly successful

Stranger Things’ David Harbour stars in Netflix’s Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein, which gives the first science fiction novel, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a run for its money

Culture

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What if you could erase your political opponents? Sci-fi has answers

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Clarke's three laws

Technology

The best sci-fi books put humanity at the heart of their writing

Culture

Don't miss: ethereal artworks, haunted teens and a gift of tongues

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