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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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Books of 2019: Our pick of the best forthcoming reads

2 January 2019

From what to do about Einstein to tricks for survival to doing away with sexist neurotrash, it is looking like a good year for books


Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon

Enjoy a season of science with our 2018 UK festival picks

1 June 2018

Stumble into surprises all over the UK, from the physics of gin at WOMAD, to mind-reading at Green Man, to time deconstructed at New Scientist Live


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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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Rediscover the gift of reading: Best books to buy this holiday

29 November 2017

Frantic about how to please your loved ones this festive season? Take a deep breath and plunge into New Scientist's present picks


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