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The waiter robot ONYRO of the Ipsum Tek French company is displayed during the 8th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

It is uncanny how human fears about robots mirror those about immigrants. But maybe they aren't out to take our jobs or destroy us all, says Annalee Newitz

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The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality

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Earth

Why geoengineering is no longer a complete taboo for scientists

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People view superconducting quantum computer model during the 8th Digital China Summit at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center on April 29, 2025 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. The summit highlights the country's strides in digital transformation and the expansion of its digital economy. (Photo by Zhang Bin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) 2212665605

Physics

At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for

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An infected in Columbia Pictures' 28 YEARS LATER.

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Danny Boyle's long-awaited zombie sequel 28 Years Later is a triumph

Culture

Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core

Earth

Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core

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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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The best new science fiction books of June 2025

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

In this short extract from Kaliane Bradley's sci-fi novel, her protagonist makes a startling discovery about the nature of time

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

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

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Physics

Physicists reveal the secret to chopping onions without crying

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Life

Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?

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