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Liu

Exclusive: Chinese sci-fi genius Cixin Liu on humanity's deadly future

5 September 2018

The future is bright for our species, mostly because we kill everything in our path, says China's first winner of the Hugo science-fiction award
Earth

The clues to finding alien life could lie in Earth's deep past

5 September 2018

Our hunt for life on other planets is based on what it looks like today, but early Earth used to be so different. What if we are missing some vital clues?

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