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Earth

The Whispers of Rock is a personal journey through aeons of geology

In her new book, earth scientist Anjana Khatwa writes a love letter to Earth's rocks and mountains, offering a passionate blend of science and spirituality

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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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WAYWARD. (L to R) Sydney Topliffe as Abbie and Alyvia Alyn Lind as Leila in episode 101 of Wayward. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix ?? 2025

Disturbing Netflix mystery explores a world out to 'solve' adolescence

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A woman is holding a placard with a sanitary towel with fake blood, during the Women's March held in Amsterdam, on March 8th, 2020. (Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Exploring PMS is a great idea, but The Period Brain can be simplistic

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New Scientist recommends Chris Hadfield's Final Orbit

Space

New Scientist recommends Chris Hadfield's Final Orbit

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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on October 11, 2023 shows an aerial view of buildings destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City. Israel declared war on Hamas on October 8 following a shock land, air and sea assault by the Gaza-based Islamists. The death toll from the shock cross-border assault by Hamas militants rose to 1,200, making it the deadliest attack in the country's 75-year history, while Gaza officials reported more than 900 people killed as Israel pounded the territory with air strikes. (Photo by Yahya HASSOUNA / AFP) (Photo by YAHYA HASSOUNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Mind

A terrifying book dissects the neuroscience of warfare

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A man tends to vegetables growing in a field as emissions rise from cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Tongling, Anhui province, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. China's economy expanded at its weakest pace since 2009, according to figures Monday, with gross domestic product rising 6.4 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

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

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: Ludovic Slimak, discoverer of Thorin showing the Thorin maxillar. Photography Laure Metz

Humans

A compelling book about the end of the Neanderthals is a rare treat

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BOSTON - OCTOBER 10: Harvard University Scientist Steven Pinker poses for a portrait in his office on October 10, 2005 in Boston, MA. (Photo by Jean-Christian Bourcart/Getty Images)

Mind

Steven Pinker’s new book shows how he’s become a contradictory figure

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Life

New Scientist recommends David Attenborough's Parenthood

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

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Environment

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

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Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

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Mind

New Scientist recommends podcast Where the Wild Thoughts Are

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Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

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