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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

In this extract from the classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ Book Club, we meet Ringworld’s protagonist Louis Wu, as he travels a future Earth

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Earth

Inside the hunt for unknown minerals in super-deep diamonds

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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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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (15184551q) Thousands demonstrate for science and research funding, two areas that have been hit particularly hard by the Trump administration and Elon Musk's cuts via the Department of Government Efficiency, in Washington, on March 7, 2025. The demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial featured scientists, members of Congress, and music performers, among others. Thousands attend pro-science demonstration in Washington, DC, United States - 07 Mar 2025

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What politicians so often get wrong about science

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Ringworld

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

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Physics

How to make great coffee with fewer beans, according to science

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Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar

Health

Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar

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Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17

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Life

Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

From robot rights to ageing and climate change, this month’s science fiction squares up to the big topics, with new titles from authors including Nick Harkaway and Eve Smith

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Space

NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more

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Society

Are Trump's cuts to science the end of the endless frontier?

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Michel Nieva on writing from a mosquito's perspective for Dengue Boy

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Chemistry

Foie gras made without force-feeding thanks to molecular mimicry

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