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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

From contact with aliens courtesy of Adrian Tchaikovsky to the childhood writings of Octavia E. Butler, February’s sci-fi offerings are rich and strange

Culture

Adrian Tchaikovsky:

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: "Could life have gone any other way?"

Culture

Life

Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in Vietnam

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Life

Dolphins may use their teeth to hear underwater

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Life

Whales may hone their singing skills by practising out of season

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A fluffy longhorn beetle

Life

A festival of stunning animal pictures from 2024

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2FYMTPP Pacific Ring of Fire, illustration

Space

Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life

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Image of Mars showing the Acidalia Planitia as a darker region towards the top right

Space

Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground

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Life

Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

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Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

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Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

In the first hearing test of live baleen whales, the animals detected much higher frequency sounds than expected, forcing researchers to reconsider how these mammals respond to predators – and humans

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Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics

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Environment

World’s largest coral is 300 years old and was discovered by accident

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Environment

Could seaweed be the ultimate carbon capture solution?

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Space

Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time

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