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Book review

Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Adrian Tchaikovsky talks aliens, entomology and new book 'Alien Clay'

Science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky on the science that inspires his novels, his distaste for "humanocentric" narratives and just how he is able to write so much

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Humans

The story of ancient Mesopotamia and the dawn of the modern world

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Technology

Explore what shaped Bill Gates in part one of his autobiography

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Space

Would we recognise alien intelligence, asks Adrian Tchaikovsky novel

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Adrian Tchaikovsky:

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: "Could life have gone any other way?"

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Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay

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Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay

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Physics

Physicists in 2024 searched the quantum realm for the truth about time

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The best popular science books to look forward to in 2025

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Earth

The most powerful images of the natural world from 2024

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Mathematics

Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands

The geometric Langlands conjecture poses deep questions for mathematicians, and a 1000-page proof published this year has left them both celebrating and puzzled

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Space

NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surprise success

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Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time

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Life

The most inspiring conservation success stories in 2024

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Space

The best space images from 2024

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