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What would happen if you got sucked into a black hole?

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What would happen if you got sucked into a black hole?

From wormhole passages to white hole escape routes, no one knows for certain what lurks beyond a black hole’s event horizon – so choose your own unsettling fate

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Ian McEwan

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Why Ian McEwan doesn’t see his latest novel as being science fiction

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A new transparent wood becomes cloudier (right) upon the release of stored heat.

Technology

Windows made of transparent wood could help keep buildings warm

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Clockwork Orange

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Don't miss: Missing women, metallic mysteries and a classic dystopia

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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woman astronaut cartoon

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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

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Quiz: Do you know these great women of science?

Quiz: Do you know these great women of science?

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Physics

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili: Why my debut sci-fi novel is true to science

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Wandering Earth pic

Space

The Wandering Earth review: Epic Chinese sci-fi film heralds a new era

Culture

Alien film pic

Technology

Don't miss: Corporate sabotage, Alien restored and our bionic future

Will you serve or sabotage the firm in video game Tech Support: Error Unknown? Also, watch Ridley Scott's Alien as it turns 40 or visit an enhanced exhibition

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Don't believe women in science face huge inequality? Here's the proof

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Don’t miss: Exploring your own delusions, playing with evolution

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Don't miss: Space thrills, wooden guts and the rise of esports

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The emptiness of space has a structure we could use to send messages

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