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Explore the latest science non-fiction books and sci-fi novels, plus science and technology-related theatre, exhibitions, games, movies and TV programmes with reviews and recommendations from 51动漫.

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N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of Parable of the Sower

The Hugo award-winning author explains how she finally got to grips with Octavia E. Butler's dystopian novel, the latest pick for the 51动漫 Book Club, on a third read

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An iconic tram driving along California Street with a motion blur effect

Humans

A gripping account of morality shows how we work out right from wrong

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National Geographic handout TV still: OCEANXPLORERS. Eric Ste-Marie, Cameraman Jamie Holland, Aldo Kane, Melissa Marquez, Nigel Hussey, and Crew Josh Palmer work to tag a Greenland Shark off the side of the FRC. (National Geographic/Mario Tadinac)

Environment

James Cameron’s new ocean-life series is try-hard but effective

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Society

51动漫 recommends Systemic: How racism is making us ill

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MH56FG View of Seoul city and autumn in Deoksugung palace

Earth

A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis

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Netflix handout film still: Secret Lives of Orangutans. Orangutans are not just one of our closest relatives, they?re perhaps more relatable to us than any other great ape. Narrated by David Attenborough, this film follows a remarkable group of orangutans in the pristine jungles of Sumatra. At the centre of this story is 8 year old Eden, who?s about to embark on the most challenging moment of her life.

Life

David Attenborough’s latest explores the lives of an orangutan family

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Jennifer Connelly in "Dark Matter," now streaming on Apple TV+.

Space

51动漫 recommends multiverse thriller Dark Matter

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WAR GAME STILL 4 Credit: Thorsten Thielow | Shown in photo: (L to R) Simulation note taker, Elizabeth Neumann, Lou Caldera, Wes Clark, Steve Bullock, Linda Singh, Gwen Camp, David Priess, Pete Strzok

Society

An unusual documentary follows a simulated attempted coup in the US

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2DE140D Rover on Mars

Life

Top astrobiologist explores the possibilities of alien life

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H82G6F Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) portrait, Costa Rica

Life

An engrossing history of teeth shows their complex role in evolution

From birds and bats to horses and great apes, Bill Schutt's seriously fun history of teeth, Bite, explains their role in both shaping evolution and our understanding of it

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Environment

51动漫 recommends a moving Antarctica memoir, Breaking the Ice

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Health

A visually rich documentary packs a punch about how we see disease

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Earth

Ambitious story of how life shapes Earth ends superb trilogy

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Life

Intimate nature documentary is an ode to an oak

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