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2JHN167 HUGH JACKMAN, THE PRESTIGE, 2006

The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

23 July 2025

Rival magicians in Victorian England both claim they can teleport. Is this all illusion, asks Emily H. Wilson, as she explores Christopher Priest’s extraordinary novel, The Prestige

TOPSHOT - A prong extending from the CIRA-03 remote-controlled robot prototype approaches the mouth of a volunteer to extract a throat swab sample, as part of a self-funded project to assist physicians in running tests on suspected COVID-19 coronavirus patients in a bid to limit human exposure to disease-carriers, at a private hospital in Egypt's Nile delta city of Tanta, on March 20, 2021. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Can amazing tech reboot healthcare? A new book explores the future

16 July 2025

Lara Lewington's Hacking Humanity looks at the fabulous technology that is changing healthcare. But where is the critical analysis?

New book is an illuminating but flawed look at the impact of emoji

16 July 2025

Emoji add a new depth to communications, but what of their cultural impact? Keith Houston's Face with Tears of Joy offers some answers

Provocative new book says we must persuade people to have more babies

9 July 2025

The population is set to plummet and we don't know how to stop it, warn Dean Spears and Michael Geruso in their new book, After the Spike

Casual man standing on space platform watching planet Earth. 3D generated image. Earth texture is from Nasa (https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sunrise-shadows-over-the-philippine-sea).

The best science fiction books of 2025 so far

2 July 2025

From generation ships to climate change, there has been some stellar sci-fi out in the past six months. Our columnist Emily H. Wilson picks her favourites

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The best popular science books of 2025 so far

2 July 2025

The downsides of diagnosis and an epic trek following a Slovenian wolf are among our culture editor's top popular science books of the year to date, featuring a range of authors from Robert MacFarlane to Suzanne O'Sullivan

Somerville, MA - October 27: Pria Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric, out from Simon & Schuster (U.S.) and Little, Brown (U.K.) in June 2025 on October 27, 2024 in Somerville, MA. ( David Degner / www.DavidDegner.com )

Spellbinding debut book explores the marvels of our brains

25 June 2025

Neurologist Pria Anand recounts curious tales of the workings of the human mind in an elegant debut that is being compared to the late, great Oliver Sacks

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A new book reveals the deep flaws in our natural history museums

25 June 2025

Natural history museums teach us about our world, but they aren’t telling us the whole story, writes curator Jack Ashby in Nature's Memory

Brixham UK. 09-19-23.Agatha Christie's book, Miss Marple's final cases. A murder mystery story.

Killer new book uncovers Agatha Christie's knowledge of toxicology

18 June 2025

Agatha Christie's murder mysteries are made all the more compelling by the author's personal expertise, reveals Kathryn Harkup's new book V is for Venom