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2023 news review

Read New Scientist’s selection of the biggest science and technology news stories of 2023
Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

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Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

The New Scientist Book Club has just finished our December read, Iain M. Banks's sci-fi novel The Player of Games - and most of us were fans of this big-thinking Culture tale

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The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

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The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

Culture

Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

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Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Culture

Technology

Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?

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Technology

Controversial satellites launching in 2026 will reflect light to Earth

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The weight-loss drugs on trial in 2026 may trump Ozempic and Zepbound

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Society

Russia-US nuclear pact is about to end and we won't see another

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Space

BepiColombo mission will start to unpick Mercury's secrets in 2026

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Environment

World's first subsea desalination facility will start running in 2026

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Space

NASA's Artemis II mission aims to return astronauts to moon in 2026

NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a loop around the moon in preparation for putting humans back on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972

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The cost of weight-loss drugs should fall in 2026

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Technology

US to fire up small reactors in 2026 as part of 'nuclear renaissance'

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Space

2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

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Physics

Physicists stirred up controversy with scientific cooking tips in 2025

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