Sally Adee

If up to 20 per cent of us really do score highly on traits related to psychopathy, we are going to need all the help offered by a compelling new book. Start by admitting your own dark traits, finds Sally Adee

Implants that monitor the neural activity of frog embryos as they grow into tadpoles and then adults could offer a window into the developing brain

From a new Adrian Tchaikovsky novel to pandemic echoes in Haruki Murakami’s The City and its Uncertain Walls (fingers crossed we get an English translation), there is loads of excellent science fiction reading ahead next year, says Sally Adee

From a dystopian future with Naomi Alderman to climate fiction with Christopher Priest, this is New Scientist's guide to the best science fiction of the year

From a dystopian future with Naomi Alderman to climate fiction with Christopher Priest, this is New Scientist’s guide to the best science fiction of the year

This science fiction novel shows that its author, Naomi Alderman, is well up to the tough job of satirising end-stage capitalism – and swerving an obvious ending, says Sally Adee

This science fiction novel shows that its author, Naomi Alderman, is well up to the tough job of satirising end-stage capitalism – and swerving an obvious ending, says Sally Adee

Sandra Newman’s sequel to the classic dystopian novel, told from the perspective of the woman at the original’s heart, is doubleplusgood – not least because it reminds us how relevant George Orwell’s dark vision of the future still is, says Sally Adee

The protagonist of John Scalzi’s excellent new sci-fi novel is trying to find his way out of existential misery. So is the hero of Lavie Tidhar’s The Circumference of the World. But at their hearts, both books are setting out to explore what on earth we are doing here, finds Sally Adee

Lauren Beukes’s new science fiction novel, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, demonstrates the one crucial flaw in the entire multiverse fantasy: human nature