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Grass Paperback by Sheri S. Tepper

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New Scientist recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

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Netflix handout film still -- Frankenstein. BTS - (L to R) Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix ?? 2025.

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Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable

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A radical rethink of what makes your diet healthy or bad for you

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A radical rethink of what makes your diet healthy or bad for you

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Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for you

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Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for you

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Left: Cover of The Dispossessed. Right: Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001

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Our verdict on ‘The Dispossessed’: A tricky but rewarding novel

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Ursula K. Le Guin in her home in Portland, Oregon, in 2001

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The best new science fiction books of October 2025

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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Environment

Simple menu tweak can nudge people into choosing climate-friendly food

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New Zealand, South Island, Wanaka, Otago, Woman on Coromandel peak at sunrise

Environment

Ian McEwan’s new novel weaves climate change into literary mystery

Ian McEwan’s excellent What We Can Know is set in a UK largely swallowed up by rising seas. Emily H. Wilson explores the story of a scholar hunting a great lost poem – which may have something to with climate change

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The science revealing how the right diet can add a decade to your life

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Physics

Making atoms self-magnify reveals their quantum wave functions

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Child obesity is now more common than undernutrition – what do we do?

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Space

Alien: Earth adds surprisingly good TV dimension to veteran sci-fi

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