
In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight
13 March 2024
There is more lurking below the surface of Arrakis than sandworms. Dune author Frank Herbert had a keen interest in fungi, and so should we, says Corrado Nai
13 March 2024
There is more lurking below the surface of Arrakis than sandworms. Dune author Frank Herbert had a keen interest in fungi, and so should we, says Corrado Nai
29 September 2023
This intriguing extract is taken from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks, the latest pick for our ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Book Club. It sees a billionaire entrepreneur recruiting a scientist for his new project, which will have major implications for the human...
29 September 2023
The award-winning novelist Sebastian Faulks on how he came to set his new novel The Seventh Son – the latest pick for our ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Book Club – a little way into the future
25 May 2023
This tantalising extract is taken from the prologue of The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, a science fiction novel which is the first pick for ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's book club
25 May 2023
From Lost to The Tempest, the author of The Ferryman reveals the cultural influences behind his new science fiction novel - the first pick for ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's book club
4 January 2019
On the last of our 12 Days of Culture, a film about pioneering liver transplant surgeon Thomas Starzl is one of sacrificing family life for medical advance
4 January 2019
We’re using the wrong words to talk about artificial intelligence. The 11th of our 12 Days of Culture shows where we’ve gone wrong and why it really matters
28 December 2018
The Republicans used to be all for science. A new book analyses how the US conservative party turned against conservation for the fourth of our 12 Days of Culture
20 December 2018
At the Dubai Design Week last November, a generation of graduates shared their ideas for the future of design. We bring them to you for the sixth of our 12 Days of Culture
20 December 2018
No one knew climate change would affect viruses that spread from person to person, but it does. For the eighth of our 12 Days of Culture we look at how disease may change