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What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality

Physics

What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality

A bold new perspective suggests space-time isn’t a fundamental entity but emerges from quantum entanglement, says physicist Sean Carroll

Features

Margaret Atwood

Humans

Margaret Atwood's The Testaments' anti-science world is a grim warning

Culture

space cruiser

Space

Sci-fi film Aniara's best trick is to make the future feel like now

Culture

Jon Spooner (left) meets Apollo astronaut Al Worden in the Space Shed

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Come down to New Scientist Live 2019 at London's ExCel today

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Life

This month's top sci-fi reminds us to beware technocrats bearing gifts

Culture

Don't Miss: A documentary festival and the nature of life and death

Don't Miss: A documentary festival and the nature of life and death

Culture

Artist's impression of two quantum particles

Physics

Quantum teleportation used to send 3D information for the first time

News

Netflix’s bizarre riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein oddly successful

Life

Netflix’s bizarre riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein oddly successful

Culture

Graphene inventor Andre Geim: No-deal Brexit would destroy UK science

Humans

Graphene inventor Andre Geim: No-deal Brexit would destroy UK science

Comment

What is trans fat? - cakes and biscuits.

Definition

Trans fat

Trans fats are mainly found in processed food, like biscuits, cakes, and fried foods like crisps and chips, and to a lesser extent some natural foods such as meat and even breast-milk.

Physics

A super-thin slice of wood can be used to turn saltwater drinkable

News

Definition

Saturated fat

Comment

What if you could erase your political opponents? Sci-fi has answers

Culture

Physics

To understand reality, we first need to find our place in it

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