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

Social media influencers are convinced that the number of lobes on the base of a bell pepper give us information about its sex and taste. James Wong debunks this myth with some science

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

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Could we get quantum spookiness even without entanglement?

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The �鶹��ý Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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

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

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Environment

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

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In The End of the World As We Know It, other writers are telling stories set in the post-apocalyptic world of Stephen King's The Stand

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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

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Chaotic streams of energy appear to slice through space

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Is gravity a new type of force that arises from cosmic entropy?

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We may be able to share quantum entanglement nearly infinitely

A pair of quantum experimenters that share two entangled particles may be able to pass some of that entanglement to other pairs – and keep sharing it again and again

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Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

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The 25 best fictional robots – according to �鶹��ý

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Built-in fire extinguishers can prevent battery explosions

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