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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

There’s an abundance of exciting new science fiction out in April, by writers including The Three-Body Problem author Cixin Liu, Douglas Preston and Lionel Shriver

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Hyperelastic gel is one of the stretchiest materials known to science

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Hyperelastic gel is one of the stretchiest materials known to science

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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'Play With Me' series

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Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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The scientific secrets to baking a perfectly moist chocolate cake

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Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

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The best new science fiction books of March 2024

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The best new science fiction books of March 2024

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2NGGYHG Polish-born American biochemist Dr. Casimir Funk, who coined the term vitamin, is shown at work in his new research laboratory on W. 64th Street in New York City on Jan. 12, 1953. (AP Photo)

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Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

Dune seems to have defeated most directors who dared try turning the epic novel into good cinema. How does Denis Villeneuve fare in the second half of his two-part take on Frank Herbert's book?

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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Alarm over ultra-processed food shouldn't put us off plant-based diets

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Super-thickeners made from starch reduce calories and carbs in food

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