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New ��ý recommends Jamie Bartlett's insightful How to Talk to AI

The books, TV, games and more that New ��ý staff have enjoyed this week

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Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways

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Life

What to read this week: Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi

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Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book

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Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book

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What to read this week: Lixing Sun's ambitious On the Origin of Sex

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Michael Pollan: 'Consciousness is really under siege'

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New ��ý recommends the engaging Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal

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The best new popular science books of April 2026

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The best new popular science books of April 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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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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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the New ��ý Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins – and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today

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

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