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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¶¯Âþ.

Technology

How a rural Mexican village built its own phone network

When nobody else would build a phone network in the rural Mexican community of Talea de Castro, they decided to go it alone. Connected tells their story and makes for fascinating reading

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Don’t Miss: The Wonder Book of Geometry is full of pretty surprises

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Humans

The Book of Malachi is darkly unmissable science fiction

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Dick Johnson

Health

Dick Johnson Is Dead review: A moving tragicomic film about dementia

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Technology

The Right Stuff review: Best part is the nudge to rewatch the original

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Humans

Stephen Hawking memoir: ‘An iron man in a frail man’s facade’

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Humans

Seeds review: A great podcast about seed-bank scientists under siege

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Don’t Miss: BFI Film Festival airs across the UK for the first time

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Humans

Wasteland 3 review: Packed with hard choices to get caught up in

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Space

11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin all make our list of best sci-fi escapism

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Humans

How drones are waging a stealth war on the way we think about society

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Humans

Don’t Miss: Connected – an animated family road trip with wayward tech

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Health

Raised by Wolves review: Stunning sci-fi set on a real exoplanet

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Technology

The Social Dilemma review: How big tech companies use us for profit

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