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Still from Interstellar

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Interstellar to Doctor Who: Sci-fi dramas getting science mostly right

Space exploration has long been a staple of sci-fi films and TV, yet most play fast and loose with the laws of physics, and scientific fact often couldn't be further from the truth

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Tade Thompson

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Tade Thompson: 'It's like the internet, but for aliens'

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Red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) natural pied mutant colour morph, landing in farmland to feed, Northern Territory, Australia.

Earth

Ambitious story of how life shapes Earth ends superb trilogy

Culture

The best new science fiction books of August 2024

Space

The best new science fiction books of August 2024

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25 Jinyun Quarries ? DnA_Design and Architecture

Earth

Epic images show old mines transformed into a library, lab and museum

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Chemistry

How to make a perfect baked Alaska? It's all about thermodynamics

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

Culture

Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science fiction novel Rosewater

Space

Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science fiction novel Rosewater

Culture

The best new science fiction books of July 2024

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The best new science fiction books of July 2024

Culture

KD04GT Apple tart made in puff pastry with an apricot glaze

Chemistry

The science behind making perfect puff pastry

After a lifetime of avoidance, avid baker Catherine de Lange discovers that puff pastry isn't hard to make –you just need a bit of time

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Physics

Liquid crystals could improve quantum communication devices

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Space

We could detect a malfunctioning warp drive on an alien starship

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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Physics

How materials that rewind light can test physics' most extreme ideas

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