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2T96G2H Harvesting shrimp in a shrimp farm in Loc An, Ba Ria Vung Tau, Vietnam

Environment

What would it take to rebuild economics around the natural world?

Saving the planet means factoring nature into our economics, argues Partha Dasgupta, in a book with fascinating ideas. But does it take passion to make people listen?

Culture

Anonymous (Peruvian). 'Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a Lobster,' AD 4th-6th century. ceramic. Walters Art Museum (2009.20.55): Gift of John Bourne, 2009.

Life

Fascinating artistic depictions of sea life over millennia

Regulars

2YP7KC6 Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents Mid-Pacific, Deep sea exploration 2025. Deep-sea mining, Deep Ocean Volcanoes

Life

Earth's extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier

Culture

How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

Health

How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

Features

2JD8W56 ALICIA VIKANDER, EX MACHINA, 2014,

Comment

Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark

Culture

The greatest robot of all time? The cooker on the moon, from A Grand Day Out

Comment

The 25 best fictional robots – according to 51¶¯Âþ

Culture

Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

Health

Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

Comment

Illustration depicting runners on a track

Health

Rapid bursts of ageing are causing a total rethink of how we grow old

Features

MP46X7 Man sitting on the window seal of an open window reading; man's legs dangling out of window

Comment

The best popular science books of 2025 so far

Culture

Casual man standing on space platform watching planet Earth. 3D generated image. Earth texture is from Nasa (https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sunrise-shadows-over-the-philippine-sea).

Comment

The best science fiction books of 2025 so far

From generation ships to climate change, there has been some stellar sci-fi out in the past six months. Our columnist Emily H. Wilson picks her favourites

Culture

Comment

The best new science fiction books of July 2025

Culture

Health

Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Earth

Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

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Comment

The best new science fiction books of June 2025

Culture

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