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Goliath review: Tourism to a ruined Earth explores the idea of home

12 January 2022

Space colonies offer rich people a way off a broken Earth in Tochi Onyebuchi's latest sci-fi novel, but the pull of home is a powerful force, says Sally Adee


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Don't Miss: The Anomaly, a mind-bending French bestseller

12 January 2022

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss


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These are the games to look out for in 2022

12 January 2022

This year sees no shortage of post-apocalyptic games, but light relief is available courtesy of Star Trek and a robot-loving cat, says Jacob Aron


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The best sci-fi TV shows and movies to look forward to in 2022

29 December 2021

Star Trek, Star Wars and Avatar are all back in what will be a great year on screen for fans of space and other frontiers


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Our pick of the best sci-fi and speculative fiction books for 2022

29 December 2021

The This by Adam Roberts, Mickey7 by Edward Ashton and Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders are just some of the treats we are looking forward to this year


The major science-fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

The major science-fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

15 December 2021

Plants play a starring role in sci-fi films surprisingly often, but the botany in movies like The Martian, Sunshine and Prometheus doesn't always stack up, writes James Wong


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Dr. Brain review: Scientifically absurd but strangely entertaining

8 December 2021

If you can ignore the unlikely premise of being able to tap into dead people's memories, Apple TV+'s first Korean language offering is fun to watch


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Encounter review: A sci-fi road trip that gets lost along the way

8 December 2021

An invasion of microscopic aliens sets the scene for Encounter, a sci-fi film starring Riz Ahmed that feels a little like two films jammed together


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Two dystopian novels explore how language can be used to control us

8 December 2021

The ease with which words can be used to get inside our heads is explored in two excellent dystopian books, Outcast by Louise Carey and Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore, says Sally Adee


The best books of 2021 - New Scientist’s Christmas gift guide

The best books of 2021 - New Scientist’s Christmas gift guide

1 December 2021

Here is New Scientist's pick of the science and sci-fi books from 2021 that will keep you entertained over the holiday season


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