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The best new science fiction books of January 2026

Ghostly particles might just break our understanding of the universe

Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the dawn of the universe

Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Murder victim discovered to have two sets of DNA due to rare condition

Rare Saturn-sized rogue planet is first to have its mass measured

Chess can be made fairer by rearranging the pieces

The 3 things you should do this New Year to foster a positive mindset

Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?

Three supermassive black holes have been spotted merging into one

The duo kite-skiing 4000 kilometres across Antarctica for science

Star that seemed to vanish more than 130 years ago is found again

Controversial satellites launching in 2026 will reflect light to Earth

The weight-loss drugs on trial in 2026 may trump Ozempic and Zepbound

Russia-US nuclear pact set to end in 2026 and we won't see another

Russia-US nuclear pact is about to end and we won't see another

BepiColombo mission will start to unpick Mercury's secrets in 2026

World's first subsea desalination facility will start running in 2026

The cost of weight-loss drugs should fall in 2026

US to fire up small reactors in 2026 as part of 'nuclear renaissance'

2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

Why stroking seedlings can help them grow big and strong

Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

The best new science fiction books of 2026

The best new popular science books of 2026

See how fire has changed the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal

Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?

2026 is set to be an even bigger year for weight-loss drugs

Physicists stirred up controversy with scientific cooking tips in 2025

The emotion you never knew you had, and how to feel more of it

The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished

The cassette tape made a comeback in 2025 thanks to a DNA upgrade

EU carbon border tax will force others to cut emissions from 2026

We'll learn about LSD's potential for treating anxiety in 2026

A controversial experiment threatened to kill the multiverse in 2025

Benefits of mRNA cancer vaccines could exceed $75 billion in US alone

Mathematicians unified key laws of physics in 2025

Low on energy? A new understanding of rest could help revitalise you

The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pictures

Inside world's ultimate X-ray machine before it becomes more powerful

Microsoft made a splash with a controversial quantum computer in 2025

Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark DNA in our genome

Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRISPR start-ups aren’t