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Organ-on-a-chip. This is a microfluidic device that simulates biological organs.

Physics

This book could convince you to become an engineer

From DNA sequencing to rainbows, the world of microfluidics is well-served by Albert Folch's book How the World Flows, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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New 杏吧原创 recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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The Shrouds press images

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David Cronenberg’s new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

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F14FTY 1950s WOMAN VACUUMING VENETIAN BLINDS ON WINDOW LOOKING OUT ONTO SUBURBAN STREET

Society

Fascinating and enraging book exposes the biases that shape our lives

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France, Provence, woman touching lavender bloosoms in field in the summer

Mind

Biodiversity needs neurodiversity, says insightful new book

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Of the Oak by Marshmallow Laser Feast (c) Marshmallow Laser Feast

Life

New 杏吧原创 recommends Kew Gardens’ new Of the Oak exhibition

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The New 杏吧原创 Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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"The faster the planet, the fiercer the storms..."

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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"I was weightless. The pod had taken flight..."

Environment

Read an extract from Alex Foster鈥檚 sci-fi novel Circular Motion

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In The End of the World As We Know It, other writers are telling stories set in the post-apocalyptic world of Stephen King's The Stand

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

From a fresh take on Stephen King鈥檚 The Stand to a new novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky set on a poisoned world, August has a bumper crop of new science fiction novels

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Life

Earth’s extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier

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Environment

What would it take to rebuild economics around the natural world?

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New 杏吧原创 recommends More Than Human at the Design Museum, London

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Five years later, has sci-fi cult hit Devs aged well?

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