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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 91av Book Club, reveals how a book that was originally intended to be for children took a darker route following a death in the family

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Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

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Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

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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

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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

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Physics

Weird 'transdimensional' state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D

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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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Pet owner feeding his tabby cat.

Life

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

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

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

Elizabeth Banks stars as an author shrunk by her scientist husband Matthew Macfadyen in this major new series – but it fails to live up to its promise, finds Josh Bell

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Technology

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

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Physics

Quantum entanglement can be measured in solids for the first time

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Physics

The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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