The moon has turned to cheese in John Scalzi's new sci-fi novel My only complaint about the science fiction due to be published in March is: how in the world are we meant to find the time to read all these great novels? There are so many must-reads out this month, whether it's the latest from Nicholas Binge, Silvia Park's tale of a lost robot sibling or Laila Lalami's vision of a future where our dreams are policed for what we might be going to do (sounds quite Minority Report – a very good thing in my view). All I can say is, I think it's time to step away from the computer and get reading, if we want to keep up… Sadly for humanity, in this latest slice of comic sci-fi from the excellent John Scalzi, the moon has turned to cheese and they have to work out what to do about it. This sounds like a lot of fun, but I'm primarily planning to read it to find out what type of cheese the moon has become. Our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson heartily approves of Binge's latest, writing that this time travel tale is well-deserving of its upcoming big-screen treatment.

By this summer, Martine had her dating ritual figured out. It was a series of small actions that changed the mood in her Queens bedroom, so that she could contemplate making flirtatious chit-chat from the same space that she'd been using to perform her sales job, take online classes, exercise, and sleep. "I'd turn off everything," she told me. She'd sit on her floor, cross-legged, and meditate for twenty minutes. Next, she'd pull out her essential oils, open a bottle of something nice, lavender or peppermint, and take a sniff.

The University of Hull's Mixed Reality accelerator was recently launched with the remit of promoting collaboration between industry and academia to develop commercial applications for Microsoft HoloLens. It is led by VISR a company founded in 2015 by veteran Xbox games developer Louis Deane and his business partner Lindsay West. They were one of the earliest Microsoft Mixed Reality partners in Europe. John Hemingway, Director of ICT at the University of Hull explains that hosting the Mixed Reality Accelerator was a natural progression for the University, as it taps into the institution's history of computer games development, virtual reality and 3D visualization developed over the past 30 years. As a University, it's important for us to not only lead from the front when it comes to cutting-edge technologies, but also to look at how those technologies allow us to create ever more skilled and work-ready graduates.