9+ hour, 13+ min ago  (570+ words) There's unexpected news of a fifth movie for one of the most underrated sci-fi reboots. Hurray, says New Scientist film columnist Bethan Ackerley Caesar (Andy Serkis) leads the fight in Rise of the Planet of the Apes20th C. Fox/Everett/Shutterstock Rise…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (649+ words) The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice, set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here, the author lays out his reasons for writing it " and why he doesn't see…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (424+ words) The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculative retelling of Moby-Dick and a forgotten classic from 1936 A new science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky is out this month Roberto Ricciuti / Getty…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (160+ words) New Scientist From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK As usual, I enjoyed Emily H. Wilson's review of the books Vigil and The Rainseekers. However, I don't generally find novellas or even short stories unsatisfying. Some of the most-praised science-fiction stories of…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (186+ words) Sci-fi author Ken Mac Leod shares stories about his friend, the late Iain M. Banks, author of the genre-redefining Culture series of science-fiction novels. .. The New Scientist Book Club has been reading the late Iain M. Banks's science fiction novel The Player…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (491+ words) What were the year's top sci-fi shows? Andor and Severance are still up there, but our TV columnist Bethan Ackerley also has some unexpected tips to share In Common Side Effects, Marshall makes a key discovery Warner Bros. Discovery Cataclysms,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (388+ words) From a new collection of shorter fiction by Brandon Sanderson to Simon St'lenhag's new work, via a Stranger Things novel, December's new sci-fi features some compelling and intriguing offerings Netflix's adaptation of The Electric State. Author Simon St'lenhag has a…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (601+ words) From drowned worlds to virtual utopias via deep space, wild ideas abound in Emily H. Wilson's picks for her favourite sci-fi reads of the year By Emily H. Wilson Space to read: the best science fiction novels of the year So: what…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (470+ words) A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North's first venture into classic science fiction. Read it! says Emily H. Wilson It's bad luck for those living on Adjumir, which…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (500+ words) From Claire North's new novel Slow Gods to a 10th anniversary edition of a brilliant Adrian Tchaikovsky book, there's lots to watch out for in November's science fiction Claire North's Slow Gods follows a deep-space pilot An illustration of the extinct…...