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Do the bumps on a bell pepper reveal how sweet it will be? Er, no

Social media influencers are convinced that the number of lobes on the base of a bell pepper give us information about its sex and taste. James Wong debunks this myth with some science

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David Cronenberg's new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

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Chemistry

Super-sticky hydrogel is 10 times stronger than other glues underwater

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Mathematics

These centuries-old equations predict flowing fluid – until they don’t

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The New Scientist Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

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In The End of the World As We Know It, other writers are telling stories set in the post-apocalyptic world of Stephen King's The Stand

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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Chemistry

Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab

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Chaotic streams of energy appear to slice through space

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Is gravity a new type of force that arises from cosmic entropy?

Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency to get more disordered. Now this idea might finally be testable

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Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

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The 25 best fictional robots – according to New Scientist

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Built-in fire extinguishers can prevent battery explosions

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