Alison Flood

The New Scientist Book Club has various issues with Masud Husain's prize-winning popular science book about neurology

Neurologist Masud Husain shares insights from his patients with brain conditions on the profound effect it has on their identity and the hope that modern neuroscience can provide

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

Science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin is honoured with a new collection out this month, and sci-fi fans can also look forward to fiction from astronaut Chris Hadfield and award-winning authors Ken Liu and Mary Robinette Kowal

Authors including literary heavyweight Ian McEwan and big hitters John Scalzi, Yume Kitasei and Cixin Liu have new sci-fi novels out this month

Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

As part of the exhibition Thirst: In Search of Freshwater, photographer M'hammed Kilito's images showcase the importance and fragility of humanity's relationship with fresh water

The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Adam Roberts's novel Lake of Darkness. Some of us loved it – but some of us weren't so sure about this far-future set slice of hard science fiction

From a fresh take on Stephen King’s The Stand to a new novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky set on a poisoned world, August has a bumper crop of new science fiction novels

From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series

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

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club's take on our latest read, a time-travelling romance

June’s sci-fi hot tips feature a sleep-killing neural chip from Laura Elliott, plus Will Carver's vision of a world where a virus makes us kinder

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven

Acclaimed photographers Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier showcase a changing planet as part of the Photo London photography fair

Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time. From Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Wars – the list has it all this time, we hope…

May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an alien planet from Bora Chung

In his series The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson highlights the tension between an unfolding environmental crisis and our obsession with 'curating' nature

Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US