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Science fiction

Science fiction

This is our hub for all things sci-fi where we bring you the best from across books, TV and film. This page features round-ups of the latest science fiction, in-depth reviews and interviews with leading sci-fi authors.
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Mathematics

This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome

Adam Kucharski's new book Proof is a life raft in a sea of fake news and misinformation

Culture

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

Physics

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

Features

THE OA Brit Marling Season 1 Episode 6

Comment

Rediscover The OA, a TV show with echoes of late director David Lynch

Culture

The best new science fiction books of March 2025

Comment

The best new science fiction books of March 2025

Culture

Read an extract from Michel Nieva’s science fiction novel Dengue Boy

Environment

Read an extract from Michel Nieva’s science fiction novel Dengue Boy

Culture

Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero

Comment

Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero

Culture

Physics

'Galloping' bubbles could act as tiny robotic vacuum cleaners

News

Couple waiting at airport Description Couple sitting, waiting at the airport behind small squared glass wall, evoking a mirage, memory and dreams in blue and grey tones. Zurich, Switzerland. 2009

Mind

Sci-fi thriller Dissolution smartly interweaves time travel and memory

Culture

Electrodes made from bread could replace metal conductors

Technology

Electrodes made from bread could replace metal conductors

News

When did time begin? Hint: It wasn’t at the big bang

Space

When did time begin? Hint: It wasn’t at the big bang

You may think that time started 13.8 billion years ago at the birth of the universe, but physicists with alternative definitions of time have other ideas

Features

Video

Adrian Tchaikovsky talks aliens, entomology and new book 'Alien Clay'

Video

Technology

Documentary-maker films the fallout as her husband opts to be a cyborg

Culture

Physics

The perfect boiled egg takes more than half an hour to cook

News

Space

Would we recognise alien intelligence, asks Adrian Tchaikovsky novel

Culture

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