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Fish eye lens view of a man, wearing a striped short-sleeve shirt, inspecting an IBM System/360 Model 91 mainframe computer system, United States, circa 1965. (Photo by Dwight Ellefsen/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Technology

What to read this week: The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths

In the ChatGPT era, a war over the nature of intelligence is playing out. Chris Stokel-Walker explores a Princeton professor's engaging take

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Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'

Culture

4238_D045_00238_R Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes and Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew in director Chlo?? Zhao???s HAMNET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / ?? 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

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New ��˾þ� recommends Hamnet, and its look at our links with nature

Culture

Man behind a curtain back

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Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

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GERMANY. 1990. Celebrating the unification of Germany on October 3, 1990 at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

Mind

What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick

Culture

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Sony Pictures

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New ��˾þ� recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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The Beauty -- Pictured: Bella Hadid as Ruby. CR: Philippe Antonello/FX

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The Beauty may be horror TV but it misses the genre's point

Culture

Unexpectedly moving book makes the case for the Arctic

Environment

Unexpectedly moving book makes the case for the Arctic

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Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

Space

A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

Culture

Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions

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Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions

Members of the New ��˾þ� Book Club give their take on Sierra Greer's award-winning science-fiction novel Annie Bot, our read for February – and the needle swings wildly from positive to negative

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Health

Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives

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Physics

Engaging look at friction shows how it keeps our world rubbing along

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New ��˾þ� recommends pioneering artist Ryoji Ikeda's new work

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Physics

A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea

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