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15 of the best science non-fiction books to savour on your holiday

21 July 2022

Whether it is the science of sleep, the physics that changed the world or the inner lives of bees, we've got you covered for holiday reading


10 of the best sci-fi books that you should read in 2021

10 of the best sci-fi books that you should read in 2021

30 December 2020

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor, The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky and The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers are exciting sci-fi books we're looking forward to in 2021


The best science books to read in 2021

The best science books to read in 2021

30 December 2020

From Bill Gates's How to Avoid a Climate Disaster to Chiara Marletto's revolutionary recasting of physics, The Science of Can and Can't, 2021 is a blockbuster year for popular science books


The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

1 January 2020

Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020


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The weather project artist Olafur Eliasson returns to Tate Modern

10 July 2019

Artist Olafur Eliasson, who brought the sun to Tate Modern's turbine hall in 2003, returns with In Real Life, a new exhibition featuring incredible installations. We quiz him on selfies, short-term thinking and the climate reckoning to come


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Sniff the apocalypse: An art show with perfume for the end times

10 January 2018

An exhibition unites art from the world’s unprotected webcams, hair forever trapped in moving cogs, and a perfume for the end of the world


In 2018, science needs its own version of the #MeToo campaign

In 2018, science needs its own version of the #MeToo campaign

5 January 2018

For science to attract the women it still badly needs and contribute to thinking through today’s tough issues, it must first call out the sexism at its heart


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The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead

3 January 2018

From human evolution to genetics, neuroscience to cosmology, New Scientist picks the books to look out for in 2018


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A Museum of Modern Nature: Your chance to be a science curator

3 May 2017

How do you feel about nature in 2017? Find an object, a photo or jot down some thoughts – and take them to London’s Wellcome Collection for a DIY exhibition


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