Annalee Newitz's new novel examines the dark side of 'uplifting' animals to a state of self-awareness – and asks whose intelligence is being used as the template, finds Sally Adee
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#156: What you need to know in science and culture for 2023To see in the New Year, host Rowan Hooper and the team look ahead to their science and cultural highlights for the coming months.We start with 2 big planetary science missions due for launch in 2023. JUICE, which will be visiting Jupiter to study some of its moons, and Psyche, which is making a journey to an asteroid made completely of iron.With covid still causing a huge burden of disease around the world, we find out how treatment of the disease is set to evolve this year, and what we can expect from the development of new vaccines.2023 also looks to be the year of deep-sea mining, as we search for more minerals to fuel the green-revolution. But will countries regulate the industry in time, before it turns into a new wild west? And the team explains how our understanding of pregnancy and the earliest stages of life is set to change this year thanks to work that will accelerate the creation of synthetic embryos.In cultural news, the team looks ahead to an exciting roster of new books coming out this year, including The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz, In Ascension by Martin MacInnes, Saving Time by Jenny Odell, and Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency by Sadiq Khan.In film and TV they discuss Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Dune Part 2, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, and the TV adaptation of Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons In Chemistry. There is particular anticipation for the Netflix adaptation of Cixin Liu’s extraordinary book, The Three-Body Problem.On the pod are Rowan Hooper, Alison Flood, Madeleine Cuff, Jason Murugesu, Michael Le Page and Leah Crane. To read about these subjects and much more, you can subscribe to New Scientist magazine at newscientist.com.Events and discount codes:newscientist.com/arcticevent
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Gender Queer Maia Kobabe's New Kids Graphic Novel, Saachi's StoriesFrom the creator of Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, Saachi's Stories is a new MG graphic novel about gender identity drawn by Lucky Srikumar to be published by Scholastic in 2025 SrikumarLucky GraphixBooks Scholastic emilyreads WernickPratt david_levithan
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Explore the Fjords with the Great Roll-and-Write Board Game RiversideRoll-and-write board game Riverside adds the twist of a modular board that changes your strategy every time you play. It just barely missed our list of the best board games of 2022. Read keithlaw's review.
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We’re Closer to Purging Car Seats, Mattresses of CarcinogensA novel plant-based material could make foam insulation safer and more sustainable.
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La Jolla Playhouse announces cast for upcoming world premiere musical 'The Outsiders'The musical is based on S.E. Hinton’s beloved 1967 coming-of-age novel about two rival teen boy gangs fighting over turf in 1960s Oklahoma
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Jordan Harper's novel is the next great L.A. noir. Just don't call it a #MeToo storyAfter his 'L.A. Confidential' adaptation was canned, jordan_harper decided to write his own L.A. thriller. 'Everybody Knows' is Hollywood noir made new.
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