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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the 51¶¯Âþ Book Club, on the science behind his creation

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Diamond with inclusions

Earth

Inside the hunt for unknown minerals in super-deep diamonds

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Physics

Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s getting fatter

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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model of a suspension of a quantum chip of a Quantum System Two

Technology

Why quantum computers may continue to fail a key test

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (15184551q) Thousands demonstrate for science and research funding, two areas that have been hit particularly hard by the Trump administration and Elon Musk's cuts via the Department of Government Efficiency, in Washington, on March 7, 2025. The demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial featured scientists, members of Congress, and music performers, among others. Thousands attend pro-science demonstration in Washington, DC, United States - 07 Mar 2025

Society

What politicians so often get wrong about science

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Ringworld

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Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven

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Qubit, abstract illustration.

Physics

Space could emerge from time

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Technology

Quantum computers could protect our data from quantum computers

A powerful enough quantum computer could crack the encryption methods currently used to protect data around the world, but the solution might be a quantum algorithm once thought to be completely useless

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Physics

'Quantum Darwinism' may explain why we live in a shared reality

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Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17

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Technology

The epic quest to redefine the second using the world's best clocks

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

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