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Five of sci-fi's best corporate villains, according to author John Scalzi

John Scalzi's new novel Starter Villain sees his hero inherit a villainous empire. Here, the science fiction author picks his favourite sci-fi baddies with a corporate leaning

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51�� Live: What we are most looking forward to seeing in 2023

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Starfield review: Too much AI-generated content makes for a dull game

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Peter Hotez, founding dean and chief of the Baylor College of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine, speaks during a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The Trump administration won't be able to meet its promised timeline of having a million coronavirus tests available by the end of the week, senators said after a briefing from health officials. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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The Deadly Rise of Anti-science review: The personal cost of research

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The Neanderthal woman was re-created and built by Dutch artists Andrie and Alfons Kennis. Research including fossil anatomy and a detailed study of DNA is present in the color of the skin and eyes. (Photo by Joe McNally/Getty Images)

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The Naked Neanderthal review: Looking for the real Neanderthals

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Men preparing the root and the leaves to be cooked together for the preparation of Ayahuasca tea. (Photo by: Giulio Paletta/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Ten Trips review: What tripping taught an academic about psychedelics

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Starter Villain review: Big questions laced with absurdist humour

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The Coming Wave review: How AI reshapes our world

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Can the UK’s new ARIA science agency deliver ‘moonshot’ technologies?

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51�� recommends The Man Who Couldn't Stop and The Retrievals

The books, TV, games and more that 51�� staff have enjoyed this week

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Extinctions review: A fast-paced story of going extinct on Earth

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The MANIAC review: A dark novel about the legendary John von Neumann

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A brief history of the standard model, our theory of almost everything

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

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