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Ursula K. Le Guin in 2005

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Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

The ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today

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The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

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Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Health

Could lacing food with fat-trapping microbeads help us lose weight?

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New Scientist recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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The Shrouds press images

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David Cronenberg's new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

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Do the bumps on a bell pepper reveal how sweet it will be? Er, no

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Chemistry

Super-sticky hydrogel is 10 times stronger than other glues underwater

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The ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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Environment

Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ Book Club, our protagonist boards a vessel which can circle the world in a matter of hours – with dangerous consequences for the Earth’s rotation

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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Chemistry

Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

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Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark

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