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Life

14 great science and tech books to give as presents this Christmas

From the true nature of time to the world's most extraordinary brains to why you should ditch social media, Culture picks the best books to give this year

Culture

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Physics

Particles crossing to our world could open portal to dark-matter realm

Features

Carlo Rovelli: The nature of time

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Carlo Rovelli: The nature of time

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Graphene generators could let you recharge a phone with your breath

Technology

Graphene generators could let you recharge a phone with your breath

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Physics

How a ghostly, forgotten particle could be the saviour of physics

Features

Star smash-up is yet more evidence Einstein got it right about gravity

Physics

Star smash-up is yet more evidence Einstein got it right about gravity

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Bobby Seagull: The magic of numbers

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Bobby Seagull: The magic of numbers

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Au revoir, Le Grand K

Physics

Kilogram to be defined by Planck constant instead of a lump of metal

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Physics

Inside the hunt for the universe's missing ingredient – dark matter

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Technology

Don't Miss: social media violence, lowdown on AI, scary black holes

Watch a town descend into chaos after a social media hack, learn how much we really know about AI, explore science-art links – and peer inside black holes

Culture

Physics

Einstein was wrong: Why 'normal' physics can't explain reality

Features

Physics

Swelling the number of women in physics will require a broad alliance

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Roberto Trotta: What has Einstein ever done for you?

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Melanie Windridge: Nuclear fusion - the sun's power on Earth

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