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Society

Fascinating and enraging book exposes the biases that shape our lives

Melissa Hogenboom's Breadwinners reveals the unseen gender-based power dynamics and cognitive biases that shape our everyday lives. It will make you angry – and rightly so

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France, Provence, woman touching lavender bloosoms in field in the summer

Mind

Biodiversity needs neurodiversity, says insightful new book

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The 51�� Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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Environment

Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

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In The End of the World As We Know It, other writers are telling stories set in the post-apocalyptic world of Stephen King's The Stand

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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Life

Earth's extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier

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Environment

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

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

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

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The 25 best fictional robots – according to 51��

From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series

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The best popular science books of 2025 so far

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The best science fiction books of 2025 so far

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The best new science fiction books of July 2025

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The best new science fiction books of June 2025

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