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The best popular science books out in 2023

28 December 2022

Discover a quantum world of numbers, the amazing new science of the human electrome and long views of Earth and its wonders in this look at the best non-fiction coming this year


Read Orris, an exclusive sci-fi short story from Arkady Martine

Read Orris, an exclusive sci-fi short story from Arkady Martine

14 December 2022

In a future where climate change has devastated Florence’s iris fields, a perfumer makes a hard choice in the Hugo award-winning novelist Arkady Martine's short story


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Don’t Miss: The way of water, first of four sequels to Avatar

7 December 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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Down to Earth with Zac Efron review: Eco-doc series makes green sexy

30 November 2022

Down Under, season two of Zac Efron's Down to Earth series, pulls off the trick he was after in the first season - making the pursuit of a greener, fairer world more desirable, finds Bethan Ackerley


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The best science fiction books of 2022: Uncertainty, dystopia and hope

30 November 2022

Uncertainty and crisis are key to this year's best sci-fi offerings, from Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian to Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea


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Good Night Oppy review: Hybrid doc is the best Pixar movie never made

23 November 2022

The incredible true story of Mars rover Opportunity turns into a moving, inspirational and downright personal tale of a little machine millions of kilometres from home


A Fractured Infinity review: Multiverse plot trope comes of age

A Fractured Infinity review: Multiverse plot trope comes of age

16 November 2022

Writers and film makers are always using the multiverse as fuel for their plots, but Nathan Tavares gives it a new twist in A Fractured Infinity, a sci-fi novel about growing up, finds Sally Adee


Don’t miss: Strange World, animated sci-fi with Jake Gyllenhaal

Don’t miss: Strange World, animated sci-fi with Jake Gyllenhaal

16 November 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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Voyage to the Edge of Imagination review: A compelling new sci-fi show

9 November 2022

A new exhibition at the Science Museum isn't so much about science fiction, as it is about involving you in a journey through the cosmos


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Tutankhamun’s Secrets review: Lively TV documentary spills more beans

2 November 2022

A pacy documentary reveals the latest about Tutankhamun and Howard Carter, who discovered his tomb. It also revives vivid childhood memories of my first encounter with the pharaoh, says Bethan Ackerley


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