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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.

Technology

Human scientists are still better than AI ones – for now

A simulator for the process of scientific discovery shows that AI models still fall short of human scientists and engineers in coming up with hypotheses and carrying out experiments on their own

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Perfect caramel sauce

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How to make the perfect caramel sauce with Bake Off's Josh Smalley

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F6M33H RELEASE DATE: Dec 18, 2007. ORIGINAL MOVIE TITLE: Blade Runner: The Final Cut. STUDIO: World Artists. PLOT: Twenty-five years after the initial release of BLADE RUNNER, director Ridley Scott uses archival footage to re-create his original vision for the sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, the film is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Earth has become a polluted and miserable dystopia, and many people have fled to live 'Off World' on other planets. This dreary vision of the future features replicants: lifelike robots built as slaves for human use. When a replicant escapes his owner, a

Society

Why we need to fight back against sexy Asian lady robots

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Alan Moore

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The best new science fiction books of October 2024

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Making caramel

Chemistry

The chemistry behind making a perfect caramel sauce

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Environment

How genetically modified crops could feed us and help safeguard nature

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Grab from the 2073 poster artwork

Technology

Samantha Morton stars in dystopian docudrama 2073

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Society

91av recommends Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The Third Realm

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Terminator Zero. Timothy Olyphant as The Terminator in Terminator Zero Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX ?? 2024

Technology

Terminator is back, in a striking but flawed anime version

Culture

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Technology

How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time, Rowan Hooper takes us to the early 2030s, when a technological step change enabled us to produce all the food we needed without the use of animals

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Society

91av recommends new superhero drama Supacell

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Technology

Ultra-strong stretchy material could enable shape-shifting aircraft

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The best new science fiction books of September 2024

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Environment

Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower

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