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Science fiction

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.
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Earth

Bright skies at night: The riddle of the nocturnal sun

Before artificial lights blinded our sight, reports of nights as bright as day were common. What lay behind the phenomenon was a mystery – until now

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Life

The holly hunters banking berries to save a species

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Humans

The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

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Life

Inside the secret chocolate garden built to avert a cocoa crisis

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Technology

New blues: The quest to make the world’s rarest colour

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quantum computing

Technology

2018 preview: Quantum computers to overtake ordinary machines

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Humans

Calendar synaesthesia: The people who can see time

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Earth

’Sno substitute: The ecological cost of fake flakes on the piste

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Life

Grapes of wrath: How a New World import destroyed French wine

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Humans

How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke

Heard the one about the British scientist? Tales of idiotic research from the UK are common currency in Russia – a harmless stereotype, or something more sinister?

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Earth

England's soggy place names could predict the climate future

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Physics

Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

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Physics

A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

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Physics

Consciously quantum: How you make everything real

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