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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven

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Read an extract from time-travel novel The Ministry of Time

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'Time travel was just a metaphor for controlling a narrative'

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2H2R3TY Larry Niven attends The 36th and 37th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Gala at Taglyan Complex, Los Angeles, CA on October 22, 2021

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An interview with Larry Niven – Ringworld author and sci-fi legend

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Physicists reveal the secret to chopping onions without crying

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Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?

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Sci-fi books, Culture - 2025

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Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)

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England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray!

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The best new science fiction books of May 2025

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Does science have a future in the US?

When politics and science align, it is easy to think science is apolitical. But the situation in the US today shows how science has always been fuelled by politics, says Annalee Newitz

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Photography contest spotlights the beauty of science in vivid detail

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Ancient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,000 years ago

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Black Mirror returns full of delights and disappointments

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Lab-grown chicken could be made chewier using artificial capillaries

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