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Space

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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Physics

Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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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

Humans

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

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Ringworld

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

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TOPSHOT - A passenger wearing a protective face mask waits for his train at Hua Lamphong Central Railway Station in Bangkok on January 4, 2021, as health officials in Thailand announced on Monday 745 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases, the country's highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Mathematics

This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome

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Abstract glass sphere shapes with cyborg head. 3D generated image.

Technology

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

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Health

Signs of Terry Pratchett’s dementia may have been hidden in his books

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Helios at the Bath Assembly Rooms, Jan 2025

Space

91av recommends Helios, Luke Jerram’s giant sun sculpture

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The best new science fiction books of March 2025

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

From contact with aliens courtesy of Adrian Tchaikovsky to the childhood writings of Octavia E. Butler, February’s sci-fi offerings are rich and strange

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Space

Rereading the best science fiction writers of all time: Iain M. Banks

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The best new science fiction books of January 2025

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The best science fiction movies to look forward to in 2025

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The best popular science books to look forward to in 2025

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