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#156: What you need to know in science and culture for 2023

5 January 2023

To see in the New Year, host Rowan Hooper and the team look ahead to their science and cultural highlights for the coming months.We start with 2 big planetary science missions due for launch in 2023. JUICE, which will be visiting Jupiter to study some...


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The Terraformers review: What do we owe the animals in our care?

4 January 2023

Annalee Newitz's new novel examines the dark side of "uplifting" animals to a state of self-awareness – and asks whose intelligence is being used as the template, finds Sally Adee


The best films of 2023, from Dune: Part Two to Patrick and the Whale

The best films of 2023, from Dune: Part Two to Patrick and the Whale

29 December 2022

From blockbuster sci-fi to epic biopics and jaw-dropping documentaries, here are the films we can’t wait to see in 2023


The best science fiction television to watch out for in 2023

The best science fiction television to watch out for in 2023

28 December 2022

From new seasons of The Mandalorian and Severance to a much-anticipated adaptation of The Three-Body Problem, settle in for some stellar shows next year


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The best science fiction books out in 2023

28 December 2022

CERN-inspired stories, a feminist retelling of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and a new deep future from Annalee Newitz: sci-fi fans have a lot to look forward to in 2023


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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


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A sneak peek at the biggest science news stories of 2023

22 December 2022

What are you looking forward to reading about in 2023? Whether it is health, physics, technology or environment news, New Scientist will have you covered


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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