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HDB7EX STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, Starship Enterprise, 1987-1994. Paramount/Courtesy:Everett Collection.

Space

We could detect a malfunctioning warp drive on an alien starship

Faster-than-light warp drives are theoretically possible to build, and if aliens are using them, we should be able to detect the gravitational waves produced when one goes wrong

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time

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Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time

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Sci-fi author Martha Wells on what a machine intelligence might want

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Sci-fi author Martha Wells on what a machine intelligence might want

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Read an extract from All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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Read an extract from All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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Matt Damon in The Martian

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Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong

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The best new science fiction books of May 2024

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The best new science fiction books of May 2024

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Astronaut on strange, rocky alien planet.

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Two brilliant new novels from Adrian Tchaikovsky show his range

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

The author of In Ascension, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, on why he wrote his novel, cultivating a sense of wonder and the role of fiction in the world today

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Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human

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Life

In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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The best new science fiction books of March 2024

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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