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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

The New ��ý Book Club enjoyed our February read, Tim Winton's far-future-set Juice. Head of books Alison Flood rounds up member thoughts

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Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt

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Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt

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Environment

Is geothermal energy on the cusp of a worldwide renaissance?

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From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth. Venus is the first planet above the moon, and at the top left to right are the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Photo credits are as follows: Earth - Apollo 17; Lunar Surface - Apollo 8; Sun - Apollo 12; Venus - Pioneer Venus; Jupiter - Voyager I; Mercury - Mariner 10; Saturn - Pioneer 11.

Space

What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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A member of the media looks at Barnett Newman

Chemistry

The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it

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Tim Booth Photography hand image - one-time use only

Humans

The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human

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GERMANY. 1990. Celebrating the unification of Germany on October 3, 1990 at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

Mind

What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick

Culture

Man behind a curtain back

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Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

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Health

Moving inductions to early morning could shorten labour by 6 hours

News

Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

Space

A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

Nearly 40 years after Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Sarah Alam Malik's epic exploration of the cosmos reflects a changed landscape around science in the 21st century, finds Alison Flood

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Environment

Unexpectedly moving book makes the case for the Arctic

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Humans

Why is childbirth so hard for humans – and is it getting even harder?

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

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The best new science fiction books of February 2026

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