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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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Humans

Why I am keen to get my hands on genetically modified purple tomatoes

The first home-grown genetically modified food may be on the horizon, in the form of purple tomatoes, finds Clare Wilson

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Bamboo forest

Environment

11th-century polymath was the first to recognise past climate change

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A silkworm weaving chrysalis with its silk

Technology

Metal-enriched silkworm silk is one of the strongest materials ever

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Technology

Nutrient-measuring device could make microwaves that count calories

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VESPER - Still 1

Humans

Vesper review: Exquisite dystopian sci-fi has a Brothers Grimm edge

Culture

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Environment

How to make leaf mould to nourish your garden

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Humans

How miracle berries turn sour foods sweet

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Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

Health

Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

News

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Humans

How to make a delicious chilli hot sauce by harnessing fermentation

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Image printed on a flexible material

Technology

Stretchy material could make bandages change colour when getting loose

A stretchy material developed for holograms and an obsolete photography technique from the 19th century have been combined to create a material that changes colour as its tension changes

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Humans

Reimagined bicarb volcano could spark your children's love for science

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Definition

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Life

Cambridge lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations

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Space

China prepares to launch laboratory module to Tiangong space station

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