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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.

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The best new science fiction books of November 2024

From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional treats on offer

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Film still from Orca - Black and White Gold.

Life

Tense docu-thriller exposes the cruelties of commercial whale trade

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D5YXF5 A Meteor glowing as it enters the Earth's atmosphere

Earth

Forget Hollywood, science has real plans to defend us from asteroids

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Ludwig,6,John (Ludwig) Taylor (DAVID MITCHELL),Big Talk Studios,David Emery

New 杏吧原创 recommends detective dramedy Ludwig

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The Terror - An accident at sea cripples a Royal Navy expedition, forcing its captains to make a dire choice.

Humans

Chilling news adds fresh meaning to 2018 Arctic horror drama

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Leon Chew, The Call, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst with sub, Serpentine, 2024

Technology

Musical AI harmonises with your voice in a transcendent new exhibition

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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1754: Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist in her laboratory in 1912, the year after she received here second Nobel prize, this time for chemistry. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Physics

Rich biography of Marie Curie shows how she helped women into science

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Eske_PosterArt - On Hunt for the Oldest DNA

Life

New 杏吧原创 recommends documentary Hunt for the Oldest DNA

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Environment

Tim Winton’s post-apocalyptic new novel is terrifying and brilliant

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HANDOUT:.. Adam (Faraz Ayub) in Moin Hussain's SKY PEALS

Space

Understated sci-fi drama traverses themes of immigration and identity

Moin Hussain's debut feature film Sky Peals sees a man discover his father may be from outer space. Part sci-fi, part family drama, part coming-of-age tale, it is odd and otherworldly

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Mind

Separating the “woo” from the work of manifesting in two new books

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Environment

Bestselling graphic novel is a whistlestop tour of the climate crisis

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Space

New 杏吧原创 recommends Brian Cox’s new series, Solar System

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Humans

Read an extract from Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake

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