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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Jolly/Shutterstock (9326460i) Forensic scientist Sue Black examines bones from the crypt at Wardlaw Mausoleum to discover if they are the bones of Simon

Health

New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ recommends an unsettling deep dive into forensic science

Esteemed forensic anthropologist Sue Black gives a candid insight into the UK criminal justice system and how it really works in her book An Expert Witness, finds Linda Geddes

Culture

The best new science-fiction novels published in July 2026

Space

The best new science-fiction novels published in July 2026

Culture

The book jacket of Slow Gods by Claire North

Space

Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North

Culture

Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova

Comment

Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova

Culture

SELSEY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Workers from Chichester council clean spilt debris from a refrigeration container that fell from a tanker and washed ashore on the beach on December 10, 2025 in Selsey, England. A clean-up effort is underway to remove debris from England's southern coastline after sixteen containers carrying bananas and other fruit tipped off the Baltic Kipper cargo ship into the Solent strait between the Isle of Wight and British mainland. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Space

The best sci-fi novel in 2026 so far – plus 6 other great reads

Culture

2HJ8ENK Mother and her son lying down on the beautiful spring field in the sunny park.

Life

The 17 best popular science books of 2026 so far

Culture

Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science

Life

Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science

Culture

Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supremely relevant today

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Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supremely relevant today

Culture

TORONTO, ON - APRIL 30: Saudi Arabian citizen Humanoid Robot Sophia is seen during the Discovery exhibition on April 30, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Phoo by Yu Ruidong/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

Technology

New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ recommends an excellent look at the future of work

Culture

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Environment

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement when it was first published – and remains as crucial a read today, finds Rowan Hooper

Culture

Humans

Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'

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Health

New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders

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Comment

The best new popular science books of June 2026

Culture

Life

New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ recommends Togetherness, a radical new view of life

Culture

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