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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

Solvej Balle's newly translated speculative novel, On the Calculation of Volume (parts I and II), examines the numbing effects of time through the old trope of being stuck in a single day. It is an effective meditation

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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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Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17

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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

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

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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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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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New Scientist recommends Weather Girl, an electrifying one-woman show

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51�� recommends Weather Girl, an electrifying one-woman show

Weather Girl, a play in London's Soho Theatre about a weather forecaster who finally snaps as the climate apocalypse looms, is frantic and funny

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Technology

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

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Mathematics

This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome

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Physics

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

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Rediscover The OA, a TV show with echoes of late director David Lynch

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