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Humans

An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

Hunting the origin of 40 per cent of the languages spoken today is a huge feat, but Laura Spinney's new book makes an excellent job of it

Culture

Egret Take off at Pallikaranai Marsh, Chennai, India

Life

Chronicling nature activism in a coastal corner of India

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Mind

Why saying no is so hard and what we can do about it

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New Scientist recommends David de Jong's Nazi Billionaires

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Black Mirror returns full of delights and disappointments

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An artist?s impression of the Martian settlement SpaceX has envisioned. Image: SpaceX https://www.spacex.com/humanspaceflight/mars/

Technology

Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

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Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

Space

Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

Culture

Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

Physics

Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

Solvej Balle's newly translated speculative novel, On the Calculation of Volume (parts I and II), examines the numbing effects of time through the old trope of being stuck in a single day. It is an effective meditation

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Space

New Scientist recommends The Martian – sci-fi fun for all the family

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A political take on cancer provides a tough but much-needed analysis

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Humans

Gripping story reveals race to crack world's oldest script, cuneiform

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Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven

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