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Astronaut on strange, rocky alien planet.

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Two brilliant new novels from Adrian Tchaikovsky show his range

The prolific Adrian Tchaikovsky has two terrific sci-fi offerings out this year, one the story of a scientist turned prisoner shipped to a faraway planet, the other a light-hearted tale of robotic murder, says Emily H. Wilson

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How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

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How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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Hyperelastic gel is one of the stretchiest materials known to science

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Hyperelastic gel is one of the stretchiest materials known to science

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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'Play With Me' series

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Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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The scientific secrets to baking a perfectly moist chocolate cake

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Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

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The best new science fiction books of March 2024

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The best new science fiction books of March 2024

With a new Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mars-set romance from Natasha Pulley and a high-concept thriller from Stuart Turton due to hit shelves, there is plenty of great new science fiction to be reading in March

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Chemistry

Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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