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Black hole illustrating Adam Roberts book Lake of Darkness

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Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness is a quest to understand utopia itself

In his sci-fi novel Lake of Darkness , Adam Roberts set out to write a utopia, a genre predating science fiction that imagines a better or perfect world. "I wanted to investigate the logic of utopia itself. Is utopia possible?" he says. Despite this, he admits that utopia novels are hard: "There can be, by …

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Which sci-fi movies predicted the future accurately?

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James Dinneen holds a large hail stone from this year's ICECHIP research

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Storm-chasing scientists hunt for the world’s most extreme hail

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Researchers in dugout canoe

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Researchers re-enact a 30,000 year old sea voyage

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Elephant with ivory tusks in front of a bush

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Quick test reveals illegal elephant ivory disguised as mammoth tusks

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Enigmacursor dinosaur in conservation

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A closer look at Enigmacursor, the newly discovered dinosaur species

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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Look inside the revolutionary Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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Royal Navy officer and Polar explorer Graham Gore (c1808-1847) in 1845.

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How doomed Arctic explorer inspired sci-fi romantic thriller novel

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Kew's Fungarium collection manager Lee Davies

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Unlocking genetic secrets of the world's most vital fungi collection

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A crime scene investigator

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Police forensic scientist reviews the best (and worst) cop dramas

Police crime procedurals are among the most popular genres on TV. Audiences around the world love a good whodunnit for a touch of gritty drama, good-vs-bad adventure and guess-along puzzle-solving. But how much do they reflect reality? Often, argues Carol Rogers, who is the lead scientist for sexual offences at the Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services, …

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Dinosaur's water-loving nature brought to life in BBC show

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How will Amsterdam become a fully circular economy by 2050?

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Can training your sense of smell help reverse cognitive decline?

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Liquid physics: Inside the lab making black hole analogues on Earth

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The Titanic's twin: Digitally exploring the famous shipwreck

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Indiana Jones vs Lara Croft: Ranking the best fictional archaeologists

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