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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

The award-winning author of The Shining Girls on how her 'magpie curiosity' about everything from neuroparasitology to music theory led to her multiverse novel Bridge, our latest Book Club pick

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Gene-edited yeasts transform bread and give rice wine a banana taste

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JULY 31: Jarren Duran #16 of the Boston Red Sox hits a single during the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on July 31, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

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Game of Edges review: Inside story of how data is transforming sport

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Illustration of a human embryo at the blastocyst stage approximately 5 to 9 days after fertilisation. The outer trophoblast layer (green) will implant into the wall of the uterus (endometrium) and go on to form the placenta. The inner fluid-filled cavity of the blastocyst is called the blastocoele. The inner cell mass (embryoblast, orange) will form the embryo.

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From One Cell review: Embryology and the future of medicine

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Bridge review: An essential entrant into the multiverse genre

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King Coal review: Moving documentary shows bequest of a dying industry

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King Coal review: Moving documentary shows bequest of a dying industry

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Superconductors can levitate above a magnet

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LK-99: Mounting evidence suggests material is not a superconductor

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BONN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: A woman is seen illuminated in the window of a residential building on December 23, 2021 in Bonn, Germany. (Photo by Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images)

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Alone review: Insightful bestseller explores long-term singlehood

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Professor Lee Berger, palaeontologist, explorer and member of The National Geographic Society, gestures as he explains the scientific relevance of discovering Homo Naledi in the Rising Star caves system in The Cradle of Human Kind, on May 11, 2023. The news shakes the foundations of human evolution: world-renowned paleontologist Lee Berger announced on Monday that he had discovered the oldest graves ever found in South Africa, pushing back the first traces of mortuary practices by some 100,000 years . The oldest tombs discovered so far were found in Israel and Egypt at the beginning of the 20th century. They date from around 100,000 years before our era and house the remains of Homo sapiens, the direct ancestor of man. The burials unearthed in South Africa date from -200,000 to -300,000 years. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP) (Photo by LUCA SOLA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cave of Bones review: Lee Berger on the discovery of Homo naledi

Following his discovery of the ancient hominin Homo naledi, Lee Berger was determined to enter the cave where the fossils were discovered, but a dreadful journey lay ahead

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How Oppenheimer addresses the paranoia around nuclear power

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Why it's so hard to tell if LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor

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Meg 2: The Trench review: Light on science, heavy on fun

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Thin reflective film that mimics butterfly wings can keep cars cool

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