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'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

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'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

Helen Phillips, winner of the Climate Fiction prize for her novel Hum, on if stories can make a difference, her anxieties and writing about the climate

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Futuristic alien vessels float in formation over a vast natural valley lit by vibrant evening light.

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The late Ian Watson's sci-fi The Embedding is intriguing – but dated

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Luminous book jacket and author Silvia Park

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Our verdict on Luminous by Silvia Park: a fascinating take on robots

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Mars astronauts may do laundry by blasting clothes with a plasma beam

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Author Silvia Park: 'No one is your enemy, not even death'

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How ageing on Earth mimics the effects of space travel

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Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by 20thC.Fox/Everett/Shutterstock (1397228v) RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - 2011

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This is the most underrated sci-fi film franchise of the 21st century

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The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

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The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

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Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

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US government releases huge batch of UFO files

The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFOs, some of which have been declassified, in the first of many drops to come

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

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Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

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The best new science fiction books of May 2026

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