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Environment

Two climate scientists on how to use emotion in the climate crisis

From anger to hope, Kate Marvel and Tim Lenton explain how to tackle the tricky feelings aroused by climate change and harness them to take action

Culture

In Mason Coile's Exiles, a human crew arrive on Mars

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The best new science fiction books of September 2025

Culture

The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

Space

Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Culture

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Humans

Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

Culture

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Society

Powerful new book explores how noise has taken over the world

Culture

New Scientist recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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New Scientist recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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Mind

Biodiversity needs neurodiversity, says insightful new book

Culture

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Society

Fascinating and enraging book exposes the biases that shape our lives

Culture

The New Scientist Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

Culture

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

Alex Foster, the author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, Circular Motion, on imagining a world that is spinning ever faster

Culture

Environment

Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

Culture

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

Culture

Environment

What would it take to rebuild economics around the natural world?

Culture

Life

Earth's extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier

Culture

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