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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ Book Club, on the science behind his creation

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Doctors need to listen to the evidence about bed rest in pregnancy

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Doctors need to listen to the evidence about bed rest in pregnancy

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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

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

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Feather Foiled Print

Mathematics

Artist brings data to life in striking screen prints

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Ringworld

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

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Obstetrician gynaecologist taking blood sample from pregnant woman

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Blood test suggests preeclampsia risk using RNA

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Cocaine drug crystals.

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Experimental medication helps treat cocaine addiction

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Washed-up clothing mimics seaweed in stunning cyanotypes

Mandy Barker's new book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype imperfections, highlights the ongoing ocean pollution crisis by echoing an influential 19th-century book

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Pregnancy’s lasting effects on different parts of the body revealed

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Mathematics

This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome

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Technology

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

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Physics

Hypnotic art has its roots in the terrifying reality of nuclear bombs

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