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Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt

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Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt

In this extract from Daisy Fancourt's Art Cure, the March read for the New ��˾þ� Book Club, we learn about how art classes transformed life for Russell after he had a stroke

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From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth. Venus is the first planet above the moon, and at the top left to right are the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Photo credits are as follows: Earth - Apollo 17; Lunar Surface - Apollo 8; Sun - Apollo 12; Venus - Pioneer Venus; Jupiter - Voyager I; Mercury - Mariner 10; Saturn - Pioneer 11.

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What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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GERMANY. 1990. Celebrating the unification of Germany on October 3, 1990 at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

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What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick

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Man behind a curtain back

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Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

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Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

Space

A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

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Unexpectedly moving book makes the case for the Arctic

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Unexpectedly moving book makes the case for the Arctic

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

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The best new science fiction books of February 2026

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The best new science fiction books of February 2026

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Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions

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Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions

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Read an extract from Juice by Tim Winton

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Read an extract from Juice by Tim Winton

In this extract from the February read for the New ��˾þ� Book Club, we meet the protagonist of Tim Winton’s Juice, driving across a scorched landscape in a future version of Australia

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Tim Winton: 'Sometimes I think we use the word dystopia as an opiate'

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Health

Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives

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Physics

Engaging look at friction shows how it keeps our world rubbing along

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Physics

A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea

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