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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

Star Nathan Fillion is stoking rumours that cult western-in-space television series Firefly could be rebooted. Emily H. Wilson realises she is being toyed with – but is still praying for its return

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New Scientist recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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51¶¯Âþ recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Adrian Tchaikovsky's new Children of Time novel is brilliant

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Technology

Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid errors

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Fractal conceptual illustration of supersymmetry or superstrings. Supersymmetry (SUSY) is a particle physics theory that proposes a type of spacetime symmetry relating two basic classes of elementary particles: bosons, which have an integer-valued 'spin', and fermions, which have a half-integer spin. If supersymmetry is a true symmetry of nature, it would explain many mysterious features of particle physics and would help solve paradoxes such as the cosmological constant problem. There is only indirect evidence for the existence of supersymmetry, primarily in the form of evidence for gauge coupling unification. Direct confirmation would entail production of superpartners at collider experiments, such as at the Large Hadron Collider.

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A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions really exist

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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Qunnect's Carina rack

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Inside the company selling quantum entanglement

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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Technology

Could a niche 80s technology be the key to better quantum computers?

Superconducting computing circuits were briefly heralded as the future of computing in the 1980s. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan visits a quantum chip foundry where one company is betting this technology’s second act will revolutionise quantum computers

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Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi

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Chemistry

The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it

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Technology

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

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Physics

Loophole found that makes quantum cloning possible

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