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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


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City living makes urban male frogs far more attractive to females

10 December 2018

Urban male túngara frogs have evolved more elaborate mating calls than their rural brothers, which make them much better at attracting a mate


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Don't miss: a game to make you suffer and a new post-apocalyptic film

5 December 2018

Tackle Anarchy Softworks' latest video game, try a book about ancient robots or see the big screen version of sci-fi yarn Mortal Engines


The best fiction and sci-fi of 2018 to wrap or read this Xmas

The best fiction and sci-fi of 2018 to wrap or read this Xmas

28 November 2018

The best fantastic novels and comic series of the year mourn a wild past and look with trepidation towards a weird future


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Don’t Miss: Paranoid sci-fi, heat-reactive art and alcohol’s evolution

17 October 2018

John Carpenter’s sci-fi classic film They Live is re-released, heat-sensitive art for London’s Tate Modern gallery and a beer-fuelled journey of scientific discovery


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Nikon Small World photo competition reveals nature in minuscule detail

11 October 2018

Peer into nature with these amazing images from the Nikon Small World microphotography prize. They include a bug bubble house and the eye of a weevil


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War With the Newts review – this is smart sci-fi theatre at its best

10 October 2018

A reimagining of a classic 1930s novel by Karel Capek cleverly immerses us in a terrifying future where a new intelligent species is cruelly exploited


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Exclusive: Chinese sci-fi genius Cixin Liu on humanity's deadly future

5 September 2018

The future is bright for our species, mostly because we kill everything in our path, says China's first winner of the Hugo science-fiction award


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From Ancillary Justice to Saga, savour the best sci-fi writing

25 July 2018

We are in a new golden age of science fiction writing. Time to kick back and enjoy some of New Scientist's favourite new(ish) novels


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