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Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

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The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

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Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

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Murder victim discovered to have two sets of DNA due to rare condition

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Rare Saturn-sized rogue planet is first to have its mass measured

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Chess can be made fairer by rearranging the pieces

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The 3 things you should do this New Year to foster a positive mindset

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Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?

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Three supermassive black holes have been spotted merging into one

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The duo kite-skiing 4000 kilometres across Antarctica for science

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Star that seemed to vanish more than 130 years ago is found again

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Controversial satellites launching in 2026 will reflect light to Earth

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The weight-loss drugs on trial in 2026 may trump Ozempic and Zepbound

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Russia-US nuclear pact set to end in 2026 and we won't see another

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Russia-US nuclear pact is about to end and we won't see another

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BepiColombo mission will start to unpick Mercury's secrets in 2026

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World's first subsea desalination facility will start running in 2026

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The cost of weight-loss drugs should fall in 2026

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US to fire up small reactors in 2026 as part of 'nuclear renaissance'

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2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

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Why stroking seedlings can help them grow big and strong

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Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

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The best new science fiction books of 2026

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The best new popular science books of 2026

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See how fire has changed the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal

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Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?

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2026 is set to be an even bigger year for weight-loss drugs

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Physicists stirred up controversy with scientific cooking tips in 2025

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The emotion you never knew you had, and how to feel more of it

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The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished

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The cassette tape made a comeback in 2025 thanks to a DNA upgrade

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EU carbon border tax will force others to cut emissions from 2026

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We'll learn about LSD's potential for treating anxiety in 2026

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A controversial experiment threatened to kill the multiverse in 2025

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Benefits of mRNA cancer vaccines could exceed $75 billion in US alone

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Mathematicians unified key laws of physics in 2025

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Low on energy? A new understanding of rest could help revitalise you

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The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pictures

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Inside world's ultimate X-ray machine before it becomes more powerful

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Microsoft made a splash with a controversial quantum computer in 2025

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Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark DNA in our genome

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Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRISPR start-ups aren’t

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Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of mathematics

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2025's best photos of the natural world, from volcanoes to icebergs

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Was 2025 the year we found signs of past life on Mars?

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'Spectacular' progress has been made towards useful quantum computers

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A ghostly glow was seen emanating from living things in 2025

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6 incredible new dinosaurs we discovered in 2025

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The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope went big in 2025

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The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope blew up in 2025

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