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The best new science-fiction novels published in July 2026

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Slowdown of AMOC ocean current may be gradual and reversible

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The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second

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The most detailed survey of the universe ever conducted starts now

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This physicist is hunting for the biggest black hole in the universe

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Babies are born with the neural foundations for maths

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I’m the first person whose life was saved by CRISPR base editing

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US government wants to have a useful quantum computer by 2028

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Childbirth for many primate species is even harder than for humans

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Humans sleep the least of all apes – is it the secret to our success?

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Your menstrual cycle may affect how well vaccines work

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Remote-controlled cockroach swarm can now breathe underwater

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I have a 100 per cent chance of getting cancer due to a rare gene

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Ancient human DNA found on cave art for the first time

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Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North

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Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova

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Can video games help us better understand quantum mechanics?

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Europe’s heatwave is the hottest and most humid ever

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Can home batteries help save the climate and save you money?

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We’ve uncovered a master gene that switches on human development

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The race to understand how and when Thwaites glacier will collapse

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Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclipse

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If you aren't terrified by this heatwave, you should be

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Record-breaking IBM chip uses trick to cram in 100 billion transistors

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Phages could enable us to hijack vaccine immunity to kill cancer cells

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Bacteria-killing viruses redirect vaccine immunity to destroy cancer

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Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrolls

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Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in complex carbon

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Screwworm could be the first species targeted by an 'extinction drive'

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Inside Brazil’s vast network of lifesaving free milk banks

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The best sci-fi novel in 2026 so far – plus 6 other great reads

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The 17 best popular science books of 2026 so far

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Neuroscience can't tell us the way to govern people's brains

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Hold the onions – and see if they make you cry

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All known Homo naledi skeletons seem to be female

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The lunar botanist with a plan to farm vegetables on the moon

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Some of the last Neanderthals were surprisingly genetically diverse

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Fluctuating oestrogen levels may alter how drugs enter women's brains

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Hidden black hole could explain mystery at the heart of our galaxy

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Huge crater in Australia may be the oldest impact structure on Earth

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You should turn off fans when it's too hot – but how hot is too hot?

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Elite Maya people had teeth placed in a cave far from their tombs

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Parenting may permanently improve brain health for mums and dads

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SpaceX's secretive plans to deliver cargo to Earth from space

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How some people's brains make an extraordinary recovery from stroke

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Unapproved gene therapy for boosting longevity is set to go on sale

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Woman with Alzheimer's starts conversing again after taking psilocybin

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New-to-science spider builds trap that flings ants into the air

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How menopause radically changes the brain – and what happens after

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‘Fusogenic’ neurosurgery let paralysed pigs walk again – are we next?

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