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Read an extract from Adam Roberts’s far future-set Lake of Darkness

In this passage from near the opening of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the �鶹��ý Book Club, we are given an insight into how deep-space travel works in Adam Roberts’s universe

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JHP71X A black hole is an object so compact - usually a collapsed star - that nothing can escape its gravitational pull. Not even light.

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Why Adam Roberts set out to write a sci-fi utopia, not a dystopia

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Earth

These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust

News

This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover's delight

Mind

This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover's delight

Culture

The waiter robot ONYRO of the Ipsum Tek French company is displayed during the 8th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

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Salt River Pima and Maricopa Indian Community/Suburb, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 2011 photo(s) ?EdwardBurtynsky, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

Earth

Dramatic Edward Burtynsky image shows stark desert divide

Regulars

A 3d rendered image of particles

Physics

The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality

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A thunderstorm cloud

Earth

Why geoengineering is no longer a complete taboo for scientists

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People view superconducting quantum computer model during the 8th Digital China Summit at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center on April 29, 2025 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. The summit highlights the country's strides in digital transformation and the expansion of its digital economy. (Photo by Zhang Bin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) 2212665605

Physics

At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for

Features

An infected in Columbia Pictures' 28 YEARS LATER.

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Danny Boyle's long-awaited zombie sequel 28 Years Later is a triumph

The infected are back, over two decades since they first appeared in 2002's 28 Days Later — and this film is the best of the three, says film columnist Simon Ings

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Earth

Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core

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Physics

Fabulous time travel novel is part-thriller and part-romance

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Comment

The best new science fiction books of June 2025

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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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