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Futuristic city

Space

Science fiction picks: Time for a reality check

In this season’s crop of science fiction, the world turns to putty in our hands, we dodge “calendrical rot” and worry about absolute truth

Culture

A water droplet against a background of flames

Physics

Self-propelling droplets creep towards heat to cool microchips

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Victor M. Blanco Telescope and stars

Space

New sky survey shows that dark energy may one day tear us apart

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Two spiral vortices leapfrogging one another, shown as glowing lines of particles

Physics

Teacup tornado’s inner twists and writhes seen for first time

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Exploding lightbulb

Technology

Eight great accidents in scientific discovery

Features

Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

Space

Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

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Waves in water

Earth

Quantum gravity detector will use atom clouds to survey for oil

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Olivia Williams and Olivia Colman

Humans

Mosquitoes: Staring into the heat death of the universe

Culture

explosion in desert

Physics

Bigger bang theory: teach atoms new tricks to beef up explosives

Features

geometric artwork

Physics

The geometry that could reveal the true nature of space-time

The discovery of an exquisite geometric structure is forcing a radical rethink of reality, and could clear the way to a quantum theory of gravity

Features

Life

Fungi use water droplet cannons to fling spores into the breeze

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Life

Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings

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Physics

Aliens slumbering for billions of years are out there – really?

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Technology

Screaming gel balls reveal a way to power soft but noisy robots

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