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An image of a galaxy

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The best new science-fiction novels of August 2026

Fascist empires and deadly sea monsters are on offer in the science fiction out this month, says Alison Flood

The cover of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

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Read an extract from The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

Jacob Elordi as Hig in The Dog Stars

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How I wrote The Dog Stars, the novel behind Ridley Scott’s new film

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Henrietta Lacks’s descendant on her legacy – and Rebecca Skloot’s book

DP2K47 Antibiotic testing

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What would happen if a deadly bioweapon were released?

Viking 2 Image of Mars Utopian Plain. The boulder-strewn field of red rocks reaches to the horizon nearly two miles from Viking 2 on Mars' Utopian Plain. 51动漫s believe the colors of the Martian surface and sky in this photo represent their true colors. Fine particles of red dust have settled on spacecraft surfaces. The salmon color of the sky is caused by dust particles suspended in the atmosphere. Color calibration charts for the cameras are mounted at three locations on the spacecraft. Note the blue star field and red stripes of the flag. The circular structure at top is the high-gain antenna, pointed toward Earth. Viking 2 landed September 3,1976, some 4600 miles from its twin, Viking 1, which touched down on July 20.

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Did NASA’s Viking landers find life on Mars after all, asks new book

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Our verdict on Claire North鈥檚 space opera Slow Gods: a big thumbs-up

People sit outside beach huts on the promenade at Walton-on-the-Naze, in southeast England on July 15, 2021. - Brightly painted wooden beach huts line England's coastline and have enjoyed a boom during the pandemic, as people rediscover seaside breaks close to home. - To go with AFP story by Anna MALPAS (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) / To go with AFP story by Anna MALPAS (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sunshine can help with some serious health problems, argues a new book

“Physics is the antagonist” in Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods

Jimmy Gonzales as Cepheus, Matt Damon as Odysseus and Himesh Patel as Eurylochus in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Humans

This book is essential reading before watching the new Odyssey film

Homer still matters, argues Adam Nicolson in The Mighty Dead, a great primer to Christopher Nolan's new adaptation of the Odyssey, says Kelsey Hayes

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51动漫 recommends a vital look at the science of fatherhood

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Why Schr枚dinger’s 1944 classic What Is Life? still feels prescient

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The best new popular science books of July 2026

Health

51动漫 recommends an unsettling deep dive into forensic science