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Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works

You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out

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Hal LaCroix's Here and Beyond takes place on a spaceship journeying for centuries to a new planet

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The best new science fiction books of July 2025

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The Ministry of Time and Kaliane Bradley comp

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Our verdict on The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: A thumbs up

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Read an extract from Adam Roberts’s far future-set Lake of Darkness

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JHP71X A black hole is an object so compact - usually a collapsed star - that nothing can escape its gravitational pull. Not even light.

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Why Adam Roberts set out to write a sci-fi utopia, not a dystopia

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These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust

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This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover's delight

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This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover's delight

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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)

Technology

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

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Physics quantum and quantum superposition

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How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real

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The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality

We have discovered legions of strange particles that seem to only have a ghostly existence inside materials. Even so, they are the basis of much modern technology - so are they actually real?

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Earth

Why geoengineering is no longer a complete taboo for scientists

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How metaphysics probes hidden assumptions to make sense of reality

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Physics

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

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

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