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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.

TOPSHOT - A man pushes a bycicle along as he walks amid building rubble in the devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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A powerful new book shows why it’s so important to understand war

In his latest book, Why War?, historian Richard Overy grapples with a question that stumped Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud 鈥� why do humans persist in waging war?

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2F71A3H A Mallard duck on the River Avon, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK

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Matt Parker’s comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths

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SPIRITED??AWAY, , In association with Studio Ghibli, Adapted by John Caird Co-adapted by Maoko Imai, Directed by John Caird, Original score by Joe Hisaishi, Music supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements by Brad Haak , Associate Music Supervision Orchestrations and Ableton Programming by Conor Keelan Set Designer - Jon Bausor, Puppetry Design and Direction by Tobv Olie, Choreographer/Staging Shigehiro Ide , Lighting Designer Jiro Katsushiba, sound Designer - Koichi Yamamoto, Costume designer - Sachiko Nakahara , Hair and Make Up Designer - Hiroaki Miyauchi Projection Designer Satoshi Kuriyama , Takashi Hoio, In Association with Studio Ghibli, London Coloseum, London, 2024, Credit: Johan Persson/

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51动漫 recommends a stage adaptation of Spirited Away in London

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Young woman with a backpack hiking in the mountains. Exploring in the nature, enjoying the view.

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Save the planet, release your inner wild, urges a passionate new book

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FEE8WC Seoul, South Korea-November 15, 2015; Men playing in the outside ?Baduk? that is the Korean name for Go. November 15, 2015 Seoul

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New book explores how games shape the world 鈥� for better or for worse

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Engaging new book explores how vital mathematics is to map-making

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GamesPress handout image: Animal Well

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51动漫 recommends puzzle book S. by Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams

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Janus Films handout film still: THE BEAST Directed by Bertrand Bonello. The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely ?erase? their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Le?a Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).

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L茅a Seydoux and George MacKay dazzle in shocking sci-fi film The Beast

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Television Programme: The Leftovers with Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey and Carrie Coon as Nora Durst. TL_202_042915_VR_-37.jpg The Leftovers Series 2

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It’s a decade old, but The Leftovers is still painfully resonant today

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Exhibition view, THE END OF AGING - by Michael Schindhelm, ?Surgery Room?, Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, 2024

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Immersive new exhibition explores the pitfalls of defying old age

Michael Schindhelm's exhibition explores the possibilities and perils of living healthily for centuries 鈥� or at least much longer than today

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Documentary explores a geneticist’s motivation to understand the past

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51动漫 recommends David Runciman’s podcast Past Present Future

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson’s novel Eruption fails to thrill

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