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This new book is a one-sided attempt to puncture the AI bubble

The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna wants to expose the hype generated by large artificial intelligence companies, but it is a frustrating read

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Sci-fi books, Culture - 2025

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Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)

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2YF8KFA A man takes the ice bath in frozen lake, the icy water providing a refreshing and invigorating experience during winter swimming

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An expert's new book unravels the amazing secrets of the vagus nerve

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The best new science fiction books of May 2025

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This sensational novel shows what climate fiction can be

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Reading for pleasure has plummeted over the past 20 years

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New Scientist recommends David de Jong's Nazi Billionaires

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Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

In this extract from the classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet Ringworld’s protagonist Louis Wu, as he travels a future Earth

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Gripping story reveals race to crack world's oldest script, cuneiform

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Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven

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Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation

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