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Technology

Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways

Luminous by Silvia Park and Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer are both thoughtful and well-written science fiction novels, featuring robots in richly realised worlds. But there the similarities end, says Emily H. Wilson

Culture

Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

Physics

The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

Features

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Iodised salt has become uncool but many of us need to eat more iodine

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Dust rising from combine during crop harvesting, no-till technology professional occupation.

Environment

The Iran war is exposing the huge risks in our food system

Leader

The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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Mind

The best kind of olive oil for brain health

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Environment

Food shock is inevitable due to the Iran war – and it could get bad

Insight

Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

Culture

Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

Space

Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

Culture

Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

Space

Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

This is the opening of Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, the New Scientist Book Club read for April, as humans come to the planet to settle it

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Life

Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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Physics

Physicists create formula for how many times you can fold a crêpe

News

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How worried should you be about ultra-processed foods?

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

Culture

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