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2HJ8ENK Mother and her son lying down on the beautiful spring field in the sunny park.

Life

The 17 best popular science books of 2026 so far

The first six months of the year have brought us popular science reads on everything from consciousness to cosmology. Liz Else rounds up her favourites

Culture

SELSEY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Workers from Chichester council clean spilt debris from a refrigeration container that fell from a tanker and washed ashore on the beach on December 10, 2025 in Selsey, England. A clean-up effort is underway to remove debris from England's southern coastline after sixteen containers carrying bananas and other fruit tipped off the Baltic Kipper cargo ship into the Solent strait between the Isle of Wight and British mainland. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Space

The best sci-fi novel in 2026 so far – plus 6 other great reads

Culture

Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science

Life

Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science

Culture

Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supremely relevant today

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Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supremely relevant today

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TORONTO, ON - APRIL 30: Saudi Arabian citizen Humanoid Robot Sophia is seen during the Discovery exhibition on April 30, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Phoo by Yu Ruidong/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

Technology

New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work

Culture

The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

Space

The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

Culture

Archaeopteryx. Artwork of the prehistoric feathered reptile Archaeopteryx which lived around 150 million years ago. Discovered in 1861 in southern Germany, it was the first feathered fossil specimen ever found. Despite possessing bird-like feathers, wings and a wishbone, Archaeopteryx also had sharp teeth, finger digits and a bony tail similar to non-bird predatory dinosaurs. This species and numerous other feathered fossils support the theory that modern day birds evolved from prehistoric theropod dinosaurs.

Life

New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds

Culture

Backrooms A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director

Culture

Art and nature come together in stunning new Henry Moore exhibition

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Art and nature come together in stunning new Henry Moore exhibition

Culture

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Environment

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement when it was first published – and remains as crucial a read today, finds Rowan Hooper

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New Scientist recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders

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Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto

Culture

Life

New Scientist recommends Togetherness, a radical new view of life

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The late Ian Watson's sci-fi The Embedding is intriguing – but dated

Culture

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