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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 New Scientist.

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The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

Lisa Kaltenegger has been working on how to find life on exoplanets since the 1990s. Her new book, Alien Earths, brings her quest to vivid life

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Illustration of life forms on a hypothetical planet with a slightly lower mass than the Earth. It has shallow seas and extreme tides due to its large moon (thin crescent at left). The vegetation is translucent which allows the light to shine through, so it seems to be glowing, due to it being backlit in this image.

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Sarah Perry's Enlightenment is a moving story of love and astronomy

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Ball/Shutterstock (356629a) HALE BOPP COMET COMET HALE BOPP

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Joel Edgerton must escape the multiverse in a gripping sci-fi series

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G2C3CA Tree trunk looks like smiling face in golden autumn garden

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The "science of weird shit" and making sense of the paranormal

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Las Borinque?as Ensemble Studio Theatre

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New Scientist recommends a play about women in a birth control trial

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2WG9R5W Ozempic injection pen, ideal for visual content related to diet, diabetes management, insulin therapies, & advancements in pharmaceutical solutions.

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Johann Hari's compelling but flawed look at the new weight-loss drugs

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The best new science fiction books of May 2024

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The best new science fiction books of May 2024

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Quvenzhane Wallise in Breathe

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This one-room sci-fi thriller should take its MacGuffin more seriously

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C5C65E Long exposure of subway train ride

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A radical new book sets out to hunt for 'pure consciousness'

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This cosy, charming puzzle game has you saving forgotten plants

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This cosy, charming puzzle game has you saving forgotten plants

Set in an English manor in 1890, Botany Manor is a video game that places you in the shoes of a botanist working on a herbarium of forgotten flora

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New Scientist recommends space-heist action in For All Mankind

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Ella Purnell (Lucy)

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Fallout review: This jaunty trip to the apocalypse is lots of fun

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May Contain Lies review: How to cut to the truth and think smarter

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May Contain Lies review: How to cut to the truth and think smarter

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Drug dependency. A hand reaches into a medicine cabinet in this abstract view of drug addiction. Psychedelic colours and a blurring of the image gives a hallucinogenic effect.

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A Body Made of Glass review: A very personal history of hypochondria

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