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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

In this extract from the classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the 91av Book Club, we meet Ringworld’s protagonist Louis Wu, as he travels a future Earth

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Feather Foiled Print

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Artist brings data to life in striking screen prints

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Complete terracotta prismoid, in octagonal form, eight columns of inscription, historical inscription of Tiglathpileser I, describing his campaigns and buildings. ? The Trustees of the British Museum

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Gripping story reveals race to crack world's oldest script, cuneiform

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Doctors need to listen to the evidence about bed rest in pregnancy

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Doctors need to listen to the evidence about bed rest in pregnancy

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Ringworld

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Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven

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Obstetrician gynaecologist taking blood sample from pregnant woman

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Blood test suggests preeclampsia risk using RNA

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Cocaine drug crystals.

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Experimental medication helps treat cocaine addiction

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Mandy Barker-T-shirt_Delesseria tunic ictus

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Washed-up clothing mimics seaweed in stunning cyanotypes

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Pregnancy’s lasting effects on different parts of the body revealed

An "unprecedented view" of how the body changes during and after pregnancy has revealed many long-lasting impacts on the liver, kidneys and more

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Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation

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Mathematics

This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome

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Exhibition uses art to explore the mysteries of the quantum world

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Hypnotic art has its roots in the terrifying reality of nuclear bombs

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