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Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

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Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

Silvia Park, author of the May read for the New ÒÁÈ˾þà Book Club, reveals how a book that was originally intended to be for children took a darker route following a death in the family

Culture

Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

Technology

Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

Culture

The best new science fiction books of May 2026

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The best new science fiction books of May 2026

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Space

Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star

Culture

Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

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Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

Culture

Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars book

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Author Kim Stanley Robinson revisits his vision of life on Mars

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Nanodiamonds

Physics

Diamonds are surprisingly elastic when you make them tiny

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Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two companion galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy, can be seen as bright smudges in the night sky, in the centre of the photograph.

Space

What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe

Culture

NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

Space

NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

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Pet owner feeding his tabby cat.

Life

Tweaking the smell of cat food can encourage fussy felines to eat

Some cats will suddenly refuse to touch brands of cat food that they have eaten for years. Changing the way the food smells might solve the problem

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Sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms – despite the big names

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Technology

Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways

Culture

Physics

The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

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Space

The most stunning pictures from Artemis II’s flyby of the moon

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