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The best science-inflected music of 2023

From Ashnikko to Hannah Diamond, our resident experts Bethan Ackerley and Tim Boddy round up the best music albums of 2023 - if science is your thing

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The best science-inflected music of 2023

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The 22 best non-fiction and popular science books of 2023

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2F3WH8B Book of the universe - opened magic book with planets and galaxies. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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The best science picture books for your coffee table in 2023

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2T11AWH London, UK. 10th Oct, 2023. Staff pose with the Lightning Fields series at the preview. 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine' exhibition preview and photocall at the Hayward Gallery. The exhibition will run until 7th Jan, 2024. Credit: Imageplotter/Alamy Live News
Colorful light trail soaring the sky connecting the world with wireless technology with the Yosemite National Park in California.

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The 13 best new science fiction books of 2023

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The Future of Language review: Powerful tech will change everything

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The Future of Language review: Powerful tech will change everything

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2K00NBC Diver in a bloom of jellyfishes Aurelia aurita pointing something

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How do two new books on consciousness close in on the elusive field?

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2AR175X Amsterdam, Netherlands. 25th Jan, 2020. AMSTERDAM, 25-01-2020, Amsterdam, Dam Square, 5G Protest Credit: Pro Shots/Alamy Live News

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Troubled by Faith review: How delusion marked psychology's beginnings

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TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 4, 2023: All Nippon Airways B787-9 Pok?mon Jet leaves Hanada Airport. ; Shutterstock ID 2326792475; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Irresistible review: A charming look at why we find things cute

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F0A01R Young woman drinking coffee. African girl sitting at cafe having coffee and looking away.

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Most Delicious Poison review: A lively journey through nature's toxins

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2HN6JW3 Jim, a gas lamp lighter engineer from British Gas, works in St John Smith Square, Westminster, London. Over 300 gas fuelled lamps still remain in Westminster and around 1,500 gas lamps, dating back 200 years old, continue to light the capital. Picture date: Monday February 14, 2022.

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Into the Dark review: Intriguing book dissects darkness

As night becomes ever more polluted by light, cultural researcher and poet Jacqueline Yallop sets out on an insightful and fascinating journey into the dark. But every insight seems to generate more questions, underlining the slipperiness of her subject

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Our Tribal Future review: Is there a “vaccine” for tribalism?

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Our Tribal Future review: Is there a “vaccine” for tribalism?

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Migrants cross the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border in Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Mexico, along with President??Joe Biden's administration and the??United Nations, is considering setting up a temporary program to help pre-screen tens of thousands of migrants for US entry eligibility as border crossings increase again. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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How Migration Really Works review: Prepare to have your mind changed

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A Armageddon type scene after a war or a natural disaster; Shutterstock ID 3272394; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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The Future review: Doom is booming in a wild tale with a major twist

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 31: Elon Musk attends Heidi Klum's 2022 Hallowe'en Party at Sake No Hana at Moxy LES on October 31, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

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Breaking Twitter review: Musk's Twitter storm reads like a film script

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