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It's time to celebrate a renaissance in English nature writing

Musing on John Lewis-Stempel's latest book, England: A natural history, James McConnachie marks the flowering of other, more diverse voices in nature writing

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The best new science fiction books of October 2024

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Alan Moore

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Sci-fi author Nisi Shawl on Octavia E. Butler's legacy

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Nisi Shawl and Grace Wade

Rachel Kushner’s Booker-shortlisted Creation Lake is top-notch

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Rachel Kushner’s Booker-shortlisted Creation Lake is top-notch

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New Scientist recommends Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The Third Realm

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Samantha Morton stars in dystopian docudrama 2073

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H7XCR8 Winter dawn over industrial chimneys with Seaward Kaikoura Range behind, Christchurch, New Zealand

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How colonialism and industrialisation fuelled the climate crisis

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Manta ray {Manta birostris} from below, Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-Pacific

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Richard Powers's new novel is a beautiful love letter to our oceans

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New Scientist recommends the 'surprisingly emotional' Game of Sisyphus

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USA. Nevada. Las Vegas. From 'Common Sense'. 1998.

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Top statistician David Spiegelhalter on how to deal with uncertainty

David Spiegelhalter has spent his career crunching numbers to assess what may happen in the future. His thought-provoking new book gives readers a window into how they can apply this in their own lives

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How bad is modern life for our body clocks – and what can we do?

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Terminator Zero. Timothy Olyphant as The Terminator in Terminator Zero Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX ?? 2024

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Terminator is back, in a striking but flawed anime version

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Handout film still from Cyborg: A Documentary. Colour-blind artist Neil Harbisson is the world?s first formally-recognised cyborg. He has an antenna implanted in his head that allows him to ?hear? colour. Now Neil is on a mission to convince the world to follow him and adopt his credo: Design Yourself. Neil?s childhood friend Moon Ribas has collaborated with him on his journey. A dancer and choreographer, she has had implants in her arm and foot which allow her to perceive earthquakes from all over the planet as vibrations in her body. In Carey Born?s engaging documentary Neil and Moon confront their detractors head-on, communicating their controversial ideas about the technological future of humankind.

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Documentary tells the fascinating story of a man wired to hear colour

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Netflix handout still: Supacell. SUPACELL is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.

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New Scientist recommends new superhero drama Supacell

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