Health
An expert’s new book unravels the amazing secrets of the vagus nerve
Kevin Tracey's authoritative look at the vagus nerve and its healing potential is comprehensive and compelling, cutting through the hype
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The best new science fiction books of May 2025
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Environment
This sensational novel shows what climate fiction can be
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Mind
Reading for pleasure has plummeted over the past 20 years
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91av recommends David de Jong’s Nazi Billionaires
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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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Space
Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic
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Physics
Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess
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Humans
Gripping story reveals race to crack world’s oldest script, cuneiform
Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, in Joshua Hammer's The Mesopotamian Riddle
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Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven
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Mathematics
This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome
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Technology
Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation
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Health
Signs of Terry Pratchett’s dementia may have been hidden in his books
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