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Benjamin Labatut has written an utterly haunting novella about science

Using real scientists as characters, When We Cease to Understand the World looks at what happens when science unravels the conceit that we can understand reality. It is a brilliant piece of writing, says Jacklin Kwan

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Technology

Sci-fi magazine overwhelmed by hundreds of AI-generated stories

News
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Humans

Both boys and girls tend to write stories about boys

News
Jenny Offill鈥檚 sharp new novel Weather examines individual anxieties about the climate emergency.

Environment

Weather by Jenny Offill review: A powerful portrait of climate anxiety

Culture
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Humans

Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films

Culture
Paul Rudd as Miles Elliot in Living With Yourself

Life

Netflix鈥檚 Living With Yourself shows the dangers of perfectionism

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Natasha Lyonne

Physics

Russian Doll: To escape the multiverse, think like Einstein

Culture
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Environment

The Wall review 鈥� A dystopian adventure for the climate change era

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Life

Christmas story: Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow

Culture
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Life

The Endless: low budget scifi movie asks high-rent questions

Indie scifi brings out the good in ancient forces as two brothers revisit the cult they grew up in looking for closure 鈥� and good food. Is it the Solaris of our times?

Culture

Humans

Elements of surprise: What fiction plots tell us about our minds

Culture

Humans

Why Le Guin’s science fiction surpasses mere thought experiments

Culture

The Dark Judges from 2000 AD: No Future

Culture

Elf Lands: The new fantasy

Culture