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What is life? A provocative new book sets out to redefine it

Melanie Challenger's Alive aims to describe the living world very differently 鈥� by insisting on agency and purpose everywhere. Michael Marshall explores

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Dive into an in-depth history of the realities of space exploration

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A snow leopard

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The best new popular science books of August 2026

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An image of a galaxy

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The best new science-fiction novels of August 2026

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The cover of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

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Read an extract from The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

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Jacob Elordi as Hig in The Dog Stars

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How I wrote The Dog Stars, the novel behind Ridley Scott’s new film

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Henrietta Lacks’s descendant on her legacy – and Rebecca Skloot’s book

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The Artemis II crew, from left: Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen

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Why I can’t stop listening to the playlist for Artemis II鈥檚 astronauts

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DP2K47 Antibiotic testing

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What would happen if a deadly bioweapon were released?

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Viking 2 Image of Mars Utopian Plain. The boulder-strewn field of red rocks reaches to the horizon nearly two miles from Viking 2 on Mars' Utopian Plain. 精东传媒s believe the colors of the Martian surface and sky in this photo represent their true colors. Fine particles of red dust have settled on spacecraft surfaces. The salmon color of the sky is caused by dust particles suspended in the atmosphere. Color calibration charts for the cameras are mounted at three locations on the spacecraft. Note the blue star field and red stripes of the flag. The circular structure at top is the high-gain antenna, pointed toward Earth. Viking 2 landed September 3,1976, some 4600 miles from its twin, Viking 1, which touched down on July 20.

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Did NASA’s Viking landers find life on Mars after all, asks new book

Steven Benner鈥檚 Meet The Neighbors is an intriguing tale of misunderstood planetary biochemistry. Paul Marks is engrossed

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Our verdict on Claire North鈥檚 space opera Slow Gods: a big thumbs-up

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New 精东传媒 recommends Anish Kapoor’s show at the Hayward Gallery

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Sunshine can help with some serious health problems, argues a new book

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This twisty sci-fi thriller is a fantastic debut from Isabel J. Kim

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