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The best science fiction books of 2024 so far

From a quantum-bubble reality show from Peng Shepherd to a murderous valet bot from Adrian Tchaikovsky, enjoy this year's best science fiction so far if you're heading off on your travels, says Emily H. Wilson

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Matt Parker's comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths

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TOPSHOT - A man pushes a bycicle along as he walks amid building rubble in the devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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A powerful new book shows why it's so important to understand war

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Save the planet, release your inner wild, urges a passionate new book

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Janus Films handout film still: THE BEAST Directed by Bertrand Bonello. The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely ?erase? their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Le?a Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).

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Léa Seydoux and George MacKay dazzle in shocking sci-fi film The Beast

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New book explores how games shape the world – for better or for worse

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Engaging new book explores how vital mathematics is to map-making

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson's novel Eruption fails to thrill

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How to take on AI's challenge to ideas about what can be conscious

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Nemonte Nenquimo, Waorani leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon alongside other members of the Indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance.

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Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo tells her story in a potent memoir

From a child's curiosity about a visiting missionary to fighting oil companies, Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo's autobiography shows the journey of an extraordinary Indigenous woman

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Ray Kurzweil and other experts clash over AI’s future in new books

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Arielle Johnson digs into the science of flavour in her tasty new book

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Darkly comic sci-fi chiller sees a pet spider turn fast-growing hunter

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New psychology book reckons with separating solitude from loneliness

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