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Explore the latest science non-fiction books and sci-fi novels, plus science and technology-related theatre, exhibitions, games, movies and TV programmes with reviews and recommendations from New 杏吧原创.

Hal LaCroix's Here and Beyond takes place on a spaceship journeying for centuries to a new planet

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The best new science fiction books of July 2025

From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which might be our culture editor Alison Flood's pick of the year so far

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The Ministry of Time and Kaliane Bradley comp

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Our verdict on The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: A thumbs up

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Lake of Darkness book cover

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Read an extract from Adam Roberts鈥檚 far future-set Lake of Darkness

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JHP71X A black hole is an object so compact - usually a collapsed star - that nothing can escape its gravitational pull. Not even light.

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Why Adam Roberts set out to write a sci-fi utopia, not a dystopia

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Somerville, MA - October 27: Pria Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric, out from Simon & Schuster (U.S.) and Little, Brown (U.K.) in June 2025 on October 27, 2024 in Somerville, MA. ( David Degner / www.DavidDegner.com )

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Spellbinding debut book explores the marvels of our brains

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A woman looking at a species exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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A new book reveals the deep flaws in our natural history museums

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Octopus! Press Images from Amazon Prime

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New 杏吧原创 recommends Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s documentary Octopus!

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This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover’s delight

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An infected in Columbia Pictures' 28 YEARS LATER.

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Danny Boyle’s long-awaited zombie sequel 28 Years Later is a triumph

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by ADAM VAUGHAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (14138456b) An aerial photograph taken by drone shows the recently felled tree at Sycamore Gap in Northumberland, Britain, 05 October 2023. The famous tree at Sycamore Gap was cut down on the night of 27 September 2023, leading to the arrests of a 16-year-old boy and a 60-year-old man on suspicion of causing criminal damage. The tree appeared in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves and was part of the landscape for 200 years. One week after Britain's iconic Sycamore Gap Tree was felled, Northumberland, United Kingdom - 05 Oct 2023

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A new book argues that revenge is an addiction 鈥� but doesn’t convince

Recovering "revenge addict" James Kimmel Jr. makes the case for retaliation to be understood as an addiction in new book The Science of Revenge. It's compelling, but doesn't quite add up

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Chemistry

Killer new book uncovers Agatha Christie’s knowledge of toxicology

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Space

New 杏吧原创 recommends a new space show at the Hayden Planetarium

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This stunning post-apocalyptic drama is the one you should be watching

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Society

A compelling book asks if we are killing off the idea of private life

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