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Bulletproof fabric laced with carbon nanotubes is stronger than Kevlar

A sheet of fabric that is three times stronger than Kevlar could stop a bullet despite being just 1.8 millimetres thick, thanks to the addition of carbon nanotubes that keep its molecules aligned

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

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Book Club: Read an extract from Every Version of You by Grace Chan

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Book Club: Read an extract from Every Version of You by Grace Chan

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If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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CMB-S4 will use telescopes installed at the South Pole to measure variations in the temperature and polarization of microwave light across most of the sky to probe for ripples in space-time. Shown here is the South Pole Telescope. Photo: Brad Benson, University of Chicago, Fermilab

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The end of US support for the CMB-S4 telescope is devastating

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Never Let Me go book cover

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�鶹��ý recommends Never Let Me Go

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How worried should we be about noxious chemicals from dead satellites?

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Beyond Human series. Collage of human, geometric and natural forms on the subject of inner reality, mental health, imagination, mysticism, thinking and dreaming.; Shutterstock ID 164294465; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other:

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If you love AI, you'll love Ken Liu's new cyberpunk thriller

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Grass Paperback by Sheri S. Tepper

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�鶹��ý recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass

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Netflix handout film still -- Frankenstein. BTS - (L to R) Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix ?? 2025.

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Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable

With enthralling visuals and intense performances, this version of Mary Shelley's sci-fi tale reminds us to ask not only if we can create life, but if we can live with our creations, says Davide Abbatescianni

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See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it

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Is the universe really one big black hole?

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Our verdict on ‘The Dispossessed’: A tricky but rewarding novel

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The best new science fiction books of October 2025

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