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

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

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than previously thought

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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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2RNRCMD Spacecraft on alien planet, illustration

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The best new science fiction books of June 2025

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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'

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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

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Physics

Physicists reveal the secret to chopping onions without crying

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

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Sci-fi books, Culture - 2025

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Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)

Following on from our first list, we asked 51¶¯Âþ staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time. From Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Wars – the list has it all this time, we hope…

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Life

England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray!

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The best new science fiction books of May 2025

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Society

Does science have a future in the US?

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Physics

Photography contest spotlights the beauty of science in vivid detail

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