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The best new popular science books of April 2026

April has a lot to offer when it comes to popular science reading, promising to help us do everything from future-proof our brains courtesy of Hannah Critchlow, to get to grips with really big numbers, thanks to Richard Elwes

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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Author of Red Mars calls ‘bullshit’ on emigrating to the planet

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Space

Why Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Space

Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson’s sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Our verdict on Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt: An inspiring call to action

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Life

What to read this week: the persuasive How Flowers Made Our World

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New 杏吧原创 recommends documentary Molly vs The Machines

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The Selfish Gene: Still one of the most thrilling evolution books ever

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: ‘I try and do interesting aliens’

As the science fiction author publishes the latest novel in his Children of Time series, Children of Strife, he talks to Alison Flood about mantis shrimp, the pleasures of sci-fi and why empathy is so important in his writing

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Rebecca Solnit: ‘The great majority of people want climate action’

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New 杏吧原创 recommends Cirque du Soleil’s insect-themed OVO show

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Technology

What to read this week: Katrina Manson’s terrifying Project Maven

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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