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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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Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

A strange, unifying mathematical pattern is popping up in all sorts of unexpected places – and it could explain some profound questions about the cosmos

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Technology

AI learns to solve quantum state of many particles at once

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Physics

One time or another: Our best 5 theories of the fourth dimension

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Physics

Essence of reality: Hunting the universe's most basic ingredient

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Space

When computers were human: The black women behind NASA’s success

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Katherine Johnson

Space

Katherine Johnson: The brilliant woman who got the US into space

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Physics

Mapping the multiverse: How far away is your parallel self?

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Technology

Squeezed light cools tiny drum to coldest temperature ever

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages

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Life

Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it

From clothing Adam and Eve to linking the Maasai with heaven, the fig tree appears in countless origin myths. Discover the source of its exceptional powers

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Technology

Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets

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Physics

The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

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Technology

Why predictive text is making you forget how to write

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Life

Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus

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