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Interstellar to Doctor Who: Sci-fi dramas getting science mostly right

Space exploration has long been a staple of sci-fi films and TV, yet most play fast and loose with the laws of physics, and scientific fact often couldn't be further from the truth

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Tade Thompson

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Tade Thompson: 'It's like the internet, but for aliens'

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The best new science fiction books of August 2024

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The best new science fiction books of August 2024

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The inside story of heroic efforts to save three bird species

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ARINGAY, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 01: Residents queue to receive a dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a rural village on December 01, 2021 in Aringay, La Union province, Philippines. The Philippines is rushing to vaccinate its population as it mulls making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory and amid the looming threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The country, which has just approved booster shots for its adult population, launched a three-day national vaccination holiday on November 29 to December 1 with the goal of vaccinating at least nine million additional people. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

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Discover RNA's irresistible ascent from humble molecule to CRISPR star

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Time travel sci-fi novel is a rip-roaringly good thought experiment

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Technology

A skilful primer makes sense of the mathematics beneath AI's hood

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Nine profiles of neurodiverse people reveal rich and creative worlds

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How to make a perfect baked Alaska? It's all about thermodynamics

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An entertaining history of gases shows science at work in daily life

From laughing gas and whipped cream to compressed air and bicycles, Mark Miodownik's new book It’s a Gas lives up to its title by revealing just how much science is woven into the everyday

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Cute housebot Sunny lures us into an intriguing and flawed TV show

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Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

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Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

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