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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

Dune seems to have defeated most directors who dared try turning the epic novel into good cinema. How does Denis Villeneuve fare in the second half of his two-part take on Frank Herbert's book?

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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Alarm over ultra-processed food shouldn't put us off plant-based diets

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Alarm over ultra-processed food shouldn't put us off plant-based diets

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Super-thickeners made from starch reduce calories and carbs in food

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (14160416a) This photo taken on Oct. 21, 2023 shows the award ceremony for the 2023 Hugo Awards during the 81st World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, the world's top prizes for science fiction literature, were announced on Saturday night, with Chinese author Hai Ya taking home the Best Novelette award for

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Amid (more) Hugo awards controversy, let's remember some past greats

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Why string theory has been unfairly maligned - and how to test it

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Why string theory has been unfairly maligned - and how to test it

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Old milk can be used to extract gold and other metals from e-waste

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The best new science fiction books of February 2024

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The best new science fiction books of February 2024

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Layer of graphene could help protect statues and paintings from damage

Covering paintings with very thin layers of graphene, or mixing graphene-derived materials into mortars used for repairing historical structures, could protect them from degrading

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The science behind fluffy pancakes and using the right raising agent

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The top 10 movies about the multiverse according to a physicist

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Why we should all be concerned about the shortage of science teachers

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Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when stretched

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