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Health

Is this book the ultimate guide for getting babies to sleep? Sort of

Helen Ball's How Babies Sleep draws on anthropology and biology to help babies (and their parents) get a better night's sleep. It has some fascinating insights, but is somewhat impractical

Culture

2HXRJ2C A young child stands at edge of calm pool with clouds over hills

Humans

Weary parents shouldn't miss this science-backed guide to raising kids

Culture

2Y74H8B TransPacific undersea communication cables on the ocean floor off the island of Guam, Micronesia.

Earth

51�� recommends Colum McCann's new novel Twist

Culture

Digital generated image of young woman standing on entrance of multicoloured portal door. Metaverse concept.

Technology

This sci-fi debut is a quietly brilliant look at a disturbing future

Culture

Signage of AI (Artificial Intelligence) is seen during the World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit in Mumbai, India, on May 02, 2025. (Photo by Indranil Aditya / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL ADITYA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

This new book is a one-sided attempt to puncture the AI bubble

Culture

THE END 2024 de Joshua Oppenheimer Tim McInnerny Michael Shannon George MacKay Tilda Swinton Bronagh Gallagher Lennie James.

Earth

Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is a superb musical set in the end times

Culture

Reading the Regime du Corps

Humans

51�� recommends Curious Cures: Medicine in the medieval world

Culture

Life

Grisly new book reveals what zombie insects can teach us

Culture

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Space

A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist

Culture

Sci-fi books, Culture - 2025

Comment

Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)

Following on from our first list, we asked 51�� staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time. From Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Wars – the list has it all this time, we hope…

Culture

Environment

Climate drama Families Like Ours deserves to be a word-of-mouth hit

Culture

Life

51�� recommends the Oscar-winning animation Flow

Culture

Mathematics

Marcus du Sautoy's new book is good on maths, less so on the arts

Culture

Health

An expert's new book unravels the amazing secrets of the vagus nerve

Culture