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Physics

The fascinating story of the ultimate cosmic law

How do we know the speed of light – and why does it have a speed limit at all? Leah Crane explores the history of one of the most important numbers in the universe

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Space

We may have found a surprisingly nearby cluster of primordial stars

News

Chemistry

Bulletproof fabric laced with carbon nanotubes is stronger than Kevlar

News

The best new science fiction books of November 2025

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

Culture

Book Club: Read an extract from Every Version of You by Grace Chan

Technology

Book Club: Read an extract from Every Version of You by Grace Chan

Culture

If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

Culture

Never Let Me go book cover

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New Scientist recommends Never Let Me Go

Culture

CMB-S4 will use telescopes installed at the South Pole to measure variations in the temperature and polarization of microwave light across most of the sky to probe for ripples in space-time. Shown here is the South Pole Telescope. Photo: Brad Benson, University of Chicago, Fermilab

Space

The end of US support for the CMB-S4 telescope is devastating

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Satellite-filled sky

Earth

How worried should we be about noxious chemicals from dead satellites?

Features

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Technology

If you love AI, you'll love Ken Liu's new cyberpunk thriller

In Ken Liu's All That We See or Seem, a once-famous hacker must find a missing dream-weaver. One for AI fans, but it didn't quite work for Emily H. Wilson

Culture

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New Scientist recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass

Culture

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Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable

Culture

Space

See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it

Regulars

Space

Is the universe really one big black hole?

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