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An entertaining history of gases shows science at work in daily life

From laughing gas and whipped cream to compressed air and bicycles, Mark Miodownik's new book It’s a Gas lives up to its title by revealing just how much science is woven into the everyday

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New Scientist recommends YouTube series Journey to the Microcosmos

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Would you resurrect a dead loved one with AI, asks a new documentary

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New Scientist recommends Martha Wells's sci-fi novella All Systems Red

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Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

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Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

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Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

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Cute housebot Sunny lures us into an intriguing and flawed TV show

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

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The best science non-fiction books of 2024 so far

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The best new science fiction books of July 2024

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The best new science fiction books of July 2024

The Matrix star Keanu Reeves’s debut sci-fi novel is out this month, written in collaboration with old hand China Miéville, and we also have new books from Adam Roberts and Aliette de Bodard

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Matt Parker's comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths

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New Scientist recommends a stage adaptation of Spirited Away in London

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A powerful new book shows why it's so important to understand war

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Save the planet, release your inner wild, urges a passionate new book

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