51¶¯Âþ

materials science

Grass Paperback by Sheri S. Tepper

Comment

51¶¯Âþ recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass

The books, TV, games and more that 51¶¯Âþ staff have enjoyed this week

Culture

Netflix handout film still -- Frankenstein. BTS - (L to R) Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix ?? 2025.

Comment

Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable

Culture

Beyond Human series. Collage of human, geometric and natural forms on the subject of inner reality, mental health, imagination, mysticism, thinking and dreaming.; Shutterstock ID 164294465; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other:

Technology

If you love AI, you'll love Ken Liu's new cyberpunk thriller

Culture

Left: Cover of The Dispossessed. Right: Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001

Comment

Our verdict on ‘The Dispossessed’: A tricky but rewarding novel

Culture

Ursula K. Le Guin in her home in Portland, Oregon, in 2001

Comment

The best new science fiction books of October 2025

Culture

The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

Health

The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

Features

Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

Video

Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

Video

Environment

Simple menu tweak can nudge people into choosing climate-friendly food

51¶¯Âþ

New Zealand, South Island, Wanaka, Otago, Woman on Coromandel peak at sunrise

Environment

Ian McEwan’s new novel weaves climate change into literary mystery

Culture

Physics

Making atoms self-magnify reveals their quantum wave functions

Trapping ultracold atoms with laser light let researchers magnify and then image the wave functions of atoms that were previously too close together to look like anything but a blob

51¶¯Âþ

Health

Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

Culture

Physics

Even in our digital world, materials still matter

Leader

Space

Alien: Earth adds surprisingly good TV dimension to veteran sci-fi

Culture

Physics

We’ve glimpsed the secret quantum landscape inside all matter

Features

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop