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Science Fiction: slavery stereotypes, and a new M. John Harrison

From challenging stereotypes about slavery to the necessity of finding any kind of exit from a mundane life, escape dominates new sci-fi

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Win 12 of the best new popular science books for Christmas

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Rediscover the gift of reading: Best books to buy this holiday

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How Japan got a fix on brain-teasing highs

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The latest science picks remind us why we really do need experts

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Can everybody on the planet all live well?

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Technology

Future by design: Will the power of AI reshape our world?

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Scott's team of five standing at the pole on 18 January 1912, immediately following their discovery that they were not the first to arrive

Environment

Scott鈥檚 tragic polar selfie: Rare photo goes under the hammer

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Venom: The show with an unsettling sting in its tale

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What makes you a psychopath or an extreme altruist?

Psychopathy and altruism seem to be poles apart, but in her book The Fear Factor Abigail Marsh suggests how one can explain the other

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Language: Unlocking the past’s most powerful secret

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The Seduction of Curves revives old ideas about maths and beauty

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Earth

The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts

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Three competing visions of our future communities

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