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Space

Alien: Earth adds surprisingly good TV dimension to veteran sci-fi

After 50 years of books, games and movies, what more could the Alien franchise deliver? An inventive TV show, with fresh monsters and new heroes, finds our TV critic Bethan Ackerley

Culture

In Mason Coile's Exiles, a human crew arrive on Mars

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The best new science fiction books of September 2025

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The 91av Book Club has been reading Circular Motion by Alex Foster

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Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

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Ursula K. Le Guin in 2005

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Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

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The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

Space

Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Health

Could lacing food with fat-trapping microbeads help us lose weight?

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91av recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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91av recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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Life

Do the bumps on a bell pepper reveal how sweet it will be? Er, no

Regulars

The Shrouds press images

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David Cronenberg's new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

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Chemistry

Super-sticky hydrogel is 10 times stronger than other glues underwater

Researchers analysed thousands of natural protein sequences and got assistance from AI in order to design a new hydrogel adhesive that can stay sticky underwater or even within a living body

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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Environment

Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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