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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

New books from Adrian Tchaikovsky and the late Michael Crichton (with James Patterson) are among the great new sci-fi novels out this month

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How materials that rewind light can test physics' most extreme ideas

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How materials that rewind light can test physics' most extreme ideas

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Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time

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Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time

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Sci-fi author Martha Wells on what a machine intelligence might want

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Sci-fi author Martha Wells on what a machine intelligence might want

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Read an extract from All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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Read an extract from All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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2WG3YFC Titanium crater formed by a laser, SEM

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Some metals actually grow more resilient when hot

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Physicists are grappling with their own reproducibility crisis

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Beaten egg whites with sugar for Meringue in a mixing bowl with an electric hand whisk. Cooking process with kitchen utensils.

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How science can help you whip up perfect egg whites for your bakes

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E8X75D Image concept of magnetic levitating above a high-temperature superconductor, cooled with liquid nitrogen.

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Why we are finally within reach of a room-temperature superconductor

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Matt Damon in The Martian

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Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong

From Jurassic Park to The Martian, botanist James Wong explores the major science fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

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The best new science fiction books of May 2024

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Carbon-negative cement can be made with a mineral that helps catch CO2

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Two brilliant new novels from Adrian Tchaikovsky show his range

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How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

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