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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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New 杏吧原创 recommends visiting the blooming corpse flower at Kew

The books, TV, games and more that New 杏吧原创 staff have enjoyed this week

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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New 杏吧原创 recommends Attenborough documentary Making Life on Earth

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Society

What to read this week: the excellent Beyond Belief by Helen Pearson

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Environment

Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass is still an essential read

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Life

The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch

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Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

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Technology

Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

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The best new science fiction books of May 2026

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Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

The New 杏吧原创 Book Club read Kim Stanley Robinson's acclaimed science fiction story about the first settlers on Mars in April 鈥� and had a lot to say about it

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New 杏吧原创 recommends New York’s Bone Museum and Gecko Gallery

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Mind

What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow

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Space

Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star

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New 杏吧原创 recommends Jeff Beal鈥檚 New York 脡tudes, Vol. II

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