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Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

In George Saunders's Vigil, a ghost visits Earth to help a dying oil tycoon, while terraforming efforts on Mars are about to bear fruit in The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel. Emily H. Wilson's sci-fi column explores two very different short novels

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Sony Pictures

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New ��˾þ� recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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The Beauty -- Pictured: Bella Hadid as Ruby. CR: Philippe Antonello/FX

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The Beauty may be horror TV but it misses the genre's point

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Grapefruit

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CRISPR grapefruit without the bitterness are now in development

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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

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

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

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Chemist Omar M. Yaghi

Chemistry

Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world

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A collage of analog clocks against a black background. Some are broken in half

Physics

The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it

The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now, a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black holes promises to reveal time’s true nature

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Sierra Greer discusses her award-winning sex robot novel 'Annie Bot'

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Space

New ��˾þ� recommends Avatar: Fire and Ash – especially the whale

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Space

Peter F. Hamilton's latest is an epic slice of sci-fi – with one flaw

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Alex Garland’s The Bone Temple is brutal, brilliant - and mind-blowing

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