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We Are Satellites review: What brain implants could do to family life

We Are Satellites review: What brain implants could do to family life

9 June 2021

A brain implant boosts multi-tasking and attention span – what will it really mean for society? An unusual sci-fi novel asks the all right questions


Shards of Earth review: A rip-roaring space opera with a psychic twist

Shards of Earth review: A rip-roaring space opera with a psychic twist

12 May 2021

Shards of Earth is the first part of Adrian Tchaikovsky's new space opera, featuring starship battles, godlike entities the size of moons and a hidden dimension with freakish psychological properties, says Clare Wilson


The New Breed review: The case for treating robots as animals

The New Breed review: The case for treating robots as animals

21 April 2021

As social robots edge into our lives, The New Breed by Kate Darling is a guide to how to think about them


Don't Miss: Netflix teen superpower series Zero

Don't Miss: Netflix teen superpower series Zero

14 April 2021

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


Don’t Miss: The Best of World SF, with tales old and new

Don’t Miss: The Best of World SF, with tales old and new

24 March 2021

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


Don't miss: Sci-fi shoot-em-up Boss Level with Naomi Watts

Don't miss: Sci-fi shoot-em-up Boss Level with Naomi Watts

3 March 2021

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


Unity review: A powerful debut sci-fi novel packed full of ideas

Unity review: A powerful debut sci-fi novel packed full of ideas

17 February 2021

In Unity, Elly Bangs conjures a post-apocalyptic Earth where her protagonist, once part of a hive mind, faces a dangerous, fractured future. The novel is a powerful exploration of union, trauma and consent, says Bethan Ackerley


Remote Control review: Fusing Ghanaian stories with a sci-fi thriller

Remote Control review: Fusing Ghanaian stories with a sci-fi thriller

20 January 2021

Nnedi Okorafor's Remote Control mixes West African folk tales with a sci-fi mystery in a futuristic version of Ghana, as a young girl finds a meteor and gains a deadly power


Don’t Miss: Sci-fi writer Adrian Tchaikovsky returns with Bear Head

Don’t Miss: Sci-fi writer Adrian Tchaikovsky returns with Bear Head

6 January 2021

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


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


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