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WHA2R6 Frederic and Irene Joliet-Curie in their Paris Laboratory

Physics

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

The story of the birth and growth of nuclear science is rebalanced in Destroyer of Worlds, which gives due prominence to the role of women

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2M7PPCR HMS EREBUS trapped in the ice in 1846 during the third Franklin expedition to find a Northwest Passage .Painting byFrancois Musin about 1850

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Fabulous time travel novel is part-thriller and part-romance

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Society

A compelling book asks if we are killing off the idea of private life

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1.5 Degrees Celsius is the magical border - after that, there's no going back. Fridays For Future, 20.09.2019 in Bonn, Germany

Mathematics

Why exploring "equality" in a new maths book may help the real world

Culture

Dane physicist Niels Bohr, pictured in his laboratory, received the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the structure of atoms.

Physics

Ambitious book on quantum physics still fails to be accessible

Culture

Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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Read an extract from time-travel novel The Ministry of Time

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'Time travel was just a metaphor for controlling a narrative'

Culture

Digital generated image of young woman standing on entrance of multicoloured portal door. Metaverse concept.

Technology

This sci-fi debut is a quietly brilliant look at a disturbing future

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2H2R3TY Larry Niven attends The 36th and 37th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Gala at Taglyan Complex, Los Angeles, CA on October 22, 2021

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An interview with Larry Niven – Ringworld author and sci-fi legend

The author of Ringworld, the latest read for the 51�� Book Club, is quizzed on everything from if he’d like to meet an alien to the art of writing

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Life

Grisly new book reveals what zombie insects can teach us

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Space

A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist

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Life

Robert Macfarlane is wrong to cast rivers as life forms in new book

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Life

Chronicling nature activism in a coastal corner of India

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