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We can block the spread of HIV: Best ideas of the century

Health

We can block the spread of HIV: Best ideas of the century

The “enormous revelation” that drugs can be used to prevent catching HIV has benefitted millions and helped slash transmission rates

Features

New Scientist’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

Humans

èƵ’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

Features

Woman with a heart reflected in her eyes.

Technology

We're getting intimate with chatbots. A new book asks what this means

Culture

B4M34P John Peters and Adrian Nichol RAF air crew who were shot down and held prisoners in Iraq during the Gulf War

Mind

A new book provides a toolkit to tackle anxiety. Can it really help?

Culture

K6J3GX An old fashioned, stand on, coin operated, weighing scales at the end on an English seaside pier

Health

As Ozempic goes global, a powerful book reframes how we see obesity

Culture

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Health

èƵ recommends Why We Drink Too Much for Dry January

Culture

Man walking out of subway station

Health

These small lifestyle tweaks can add a year to your life

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The best new popular science books of January 2026

Comment

The best new popular science books of January 2026

Culture

The best new science fiction books of January 2026

Comment

The best new science fiction books of January 2026

Culture

Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

Comment

Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

The èƵ Book Club has just finished our December read, Iain M. Banks's sci-fi novel The Player of Games - and most of us were fans of this big-thinking Culture tale

Culture

Comment

The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

Culture

Technology

Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Culture

Humans

Why do we feel the need to humanise everything, from dogs to cars?

Culture

Mind

Can a new book crack one of neuroscience's hardest problems? Not quite

Culture

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