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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 science-fiction films to look forward to in 2026

With a new 28 Days Later movie and a new Dune, not to mention films from Stephen Spielberg and Ridley Scott, this is shaping up to be a vintage year for sci-fi, says Simon Ings

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The best new popular science books of January 2026

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The best new science fiction books of January 2026

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Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

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The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

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Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

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The best new popular science books of 2026

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LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 3: Portrait of British fantasy and science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky, photographed at the Central Library in Leeds on February 3, 2017. (Photo by Joby Sessions/SFX Magazine/Future via Getty Images)

The best new science fiction books of 2026

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Mind

Can a new book crack one of neuroscience’s hardest problems? Not quite

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Bill Bryson on why he has updated A Short History of Nearly Everything

With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist podcast about refreshing his 2003 bestselling book on science

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Humans

Why do we feel the need to humanise everything, from dogs to cars?

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We reveal our favourite 33 books, films, games and TV to escape with

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The six best science-fiction shows of 2025

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The four best science documentaries of 2025

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