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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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Space

Feedback: Lawmakers’ raw milk celebrations hit a sour note

Plus grated umbrella handles, string theory of tangled cables, UK police arrest the ban on everything, the national standard peanut butter, and more

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Life

Feedback: Blue miracle tonic is high on pH, low on evidence

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Physics

Bananas and jazz help us penetrate physics – but only so far

CultureLab

Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

Technology

Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

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Physics

Feedback: Quantum theory and the science of queueing

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Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

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Physics

With science if at first you don’t succeed, keep trying

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Quantum weirdness may hide an orderly reality after all

Physics

Quantum weirdness may hide an orderly reality after all

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Competition: Your chance to have a sci-fi idea made into a film

CultureLab

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Space

Feedback: Mars is blue, says chronicler of space oddities

Plus woof translator promises pet texting, in a spin over rogue wheelchairs, life’s uncertainties down to quantum effects, and more

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Physics

Frozen quantum gas tied into knots for the first time

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Space

Can burping black holes reveal the true fabric of the universe?

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Physics

How maths can help you create the perfect Christmas Day

Features

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ 2015 holiday quiz

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