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

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

Martin MacInnes, the author of 91av's latest book club pick, the Booker prize-longlisted sci-fi novel In Ascension, on how he came to write it (and a bit of a spoiler)

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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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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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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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (14160416a) This photo taken on Oct. 21, 2023 shows the award ceremony for the 2023 Hugo Awards during the 81st World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, the world's top prizes for science fiction literature, were announced on Saturday night, with Chinese author Hai Ya taking home the Best Novelette award for

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Amid (more) Hugo awards controversy, let's remember some past greats

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Why string theory has been unfairly maligned - and how to test it

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Why string theory has been unfairly maligned - and how to test it

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Chemistry

Old milk can be used to extract gold and other metals from e-waste

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The best new science fiction books of February 2024

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The best new science fiction books of February 2024

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Layer of graphene could help protect statues and paintings from damage

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The science behind fluffy pancakes and using the right raising agent

Tired of your American-style pancakes looking flat and anaemic? Catherine de Lange finds the secret to thick, pillowy perfection

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The top 10 movies about the multiverse according to a physicist

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Physics

Why we should all be concerned about the shortage of science teachers

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Life

Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when stretched

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Technology

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium

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