The best new science fiction books of September 2025 01. September 2025 (12:00) Authors including literary heavyweight Ian McEwan and big hitters John Scalzi, Yume Kitasei and Cixin Liu have new sci-fi novels out this month(New Scientist)
Spacecraft used to forecast solar storm 15 hours before it hit Earth 01. September 2025 (11:01) The Solar Orbiter spacecraft sometimes lies directly between the sun and Earth, making it ideally placed to analyse powerful solar storms that could damage electronic systems on our planet(New Scientist)
Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain 29. August 2025 (17:00) Psilocybin appears to alter brain networks linked to repetitive negative thoughts, which may explain how the drug helps to treat some mental health conditions(New Scientist)
Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible? 29. August 2025 (13:00) Weather apps regularly differ in their predictions for the same location – why is it so hard to predict local forecasts, and where can we get the best weather information?(New Scientist)
Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home 29. August 2025 (11:50) The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there were calls for a bit more science in this slice of science fiction(New Scientist)
Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite 29. August 2025 (11:30) The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today(New Scientist)
Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin 29. August 2025 (11:30) The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed. In this extract from its opening, we get our first glimpse of the planet Anarres(New Scientist)
