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materials science

The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

Space

Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed. In this extract from its opening, we get our first glimpse of the planet Anarres

Culture

Health

Could lacing food with fat-trapping microbeads help us lose weight?

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Environment

Super-cool cement could stop buildings trapping heat inside

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Technology

Jacket that gets thinner when you sweat could help avoid overheating

News

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

Culture

The Shrouds press images

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David Cronenberg's new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

Culture

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Life

Do the bumps on a bell pepper reveal how sweet it will be? Er, no

Regulars

Chemistry

Super-sticky hydrogel is 10 times stronger than other glues underwater

News

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

Comment

Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

Culture

Comment

What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

Alex Foster, the author of the latest read for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club, Circular Motion, on imagining a world that is spinning ever faster

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Environment

Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

Culture

Comment

The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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Chemistry

Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab

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Comment

The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

Culture

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