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2PMP2DP Cats lying down and resting on the floor in the courtyard of Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan in Cairo, Egypt

Life

A purrfect guide to cats and our complex relationship with them

Our bond with cats 鈥� which has seen them go from hunter to house pet 鈥� may be more diverse than with any other animal. And Jerry D. Moore's Cat Tales: A history rounds up the lot, says Bethan Ackerley

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Grass Paperback by Sheri S. Tepper

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New 杏吧原创 recommends Sheri S. Tepper’s science fiction novel Grass

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FKE16F Ladram Bay. Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Devon. UK.

Earth

The Whispers of Rock is a personal journey through aeons of geology

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CECER9 Geothermal Power Facility

Environment

Hannah Ritchie’s new book on net zero is a breath of fresh air

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New 杏吧原创 recommends Horizon: Secrets of the brain

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Handout still for the film Blue Planet Red. Wrench Tool and Container Discovered by Rolf Varga, the Spirit Rover photographed two funny-looking rocks that resemble a wrench and open-top container laid on its side. https://blueplanetred.net/images

Space

Blue Planet Red is wrong about Mars 鈥� but it’s surprisingly poignant

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A human brain made with golden wires

Mind

Why Our Brains, Our Selves won the Royal Society science book prize

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Marcel Proust, photographed in 1905

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Read an extract from Our Brains, Our Selves by Masud Husain

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Left: Cover of The Dispossessed. Right: Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001

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Our verdict on 鈥楾he Dispossessed鈥�: A tricky but rewarding novel

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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on October 11, 2023 shows an aerial view of buildings destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City. Israel declared war on Hamas on October 8 following a shock land, air and sea assault by the Gaza-based Islamists. The death toll from the shock cross-border assault by Hamas militants rose to 1,200, making it the deadliest attack in the country's 75-year history, while Gaza officials reported more than 900 people killed as Israel pounded the territory with air strikes. (Photo by Yahya HASSOUNA / AFP) (Photo by YAHYA HASSOUNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Mind

A terrifying book dissects the neuroscience of warfare

Warhead by neuroscientist Nicholas Wright is an alarming insider account of how our brains influence conflict 鈥� and how those brains were, in turn, shaped by war, finds Elle Hunt

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Health

Exploring PMS is a great idea, but The Period Brain can be simplistic

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Space

New 杏吧原创 recommends Chris Hadfield’s Final Orbit

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Disturbing Netflix mystery explores a world out to ‘solve’ adolescence

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The best new science fiction books of October 2025

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