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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 Scientist.

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‘Thinking about the edges of space-time can help build a better world’

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, New Scientist columnist and author of the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, The Edge of Space-Time, on why the big questions in physics matter so much

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Read an extract from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time

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Can the Greek muses of ancient myth explain modern society?

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Our verdict on The Dog Stars: A mixed response to this grim future

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Want to know everything about time? Read Jim Al-Khalili’s new book

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The quest to save the bananas we love so much makes scary reading

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The Dog Stars author Peter Heller on how he wrote about the end of the world

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A wolf’s 1000-mile quest makes for epic and empathetic reading

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This sci-fi novel is a riveting tale of an oppressive galactic empire

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A futuristic woman exploring bright and colorful outer space. Intergalactic journey made possible with neural network technologies

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The wild, gripping story of the psychedelic secreted by desert toads

Kimon de Greef's The Ego Trip chronicles the rise of a potent psychedelic drug, from the toads that secrete it to the man who claimed it has amazing powers. Olivia Goldhill discovers an extraordinary tale

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A new book reveals what evolution can teach us about the best diet

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I reread The Road 20 years on. It was even more devastating

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If this brilliant cosmic horror show passed you by, rectify that now

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: A daunting but captivating look at consciousness 

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