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×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ recommends Wolfgang Tillmans's new exhibition in Paris

16 July 2025

The books, TV, games and more that ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ staff have enjoyed this week


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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


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Foundation's new season has dramatic potential – but sadly falls flat

9 July 2025

Foundation's new series is full of new characters and dramatic potential. But instead of mining those rich seams, too many plotlines have become shallow and absurd. It's hard to see a good show go bad, says Bethan Ackerley


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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


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Slay the new slang: check out a guide to social media’s baffling lingo

9 July 2025

Language is evolving rapidly in a world of social media. Our millennial reviewer finds Adam Aleksic's Algospeak to be a much-needed helping hand


×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ recommends Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel Atmosphere

×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ recommends Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel Atmosphere

9 July 2025

The books, TV, games and more that ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ staff have enjoyed this week


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The 14 best science and tech documentaries of 2025 so far

4 July 2025

From David Attenborough to Hannah Fry via Bryan Johnson, our TV columnist Bethan Ackerley selects her favourite science and technology documentaries of the year to date


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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


Hal LaCroix's Here and Beyond takes place on a spaceship journeying for centuries to a new planet

The best new science fiction books of July 2025

1 July 2025

From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which might be our culture editor Alison Flood's pick of the year so far


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