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Shock of the Anthropocene: Winners and losers in new world era

Earth is entering a time when humans are a major geological force. A new book says we must all help manage this new world – and not let technocrats run the show

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Verse in the universe: The scientific power of poetry

Humans

Verse in the universe: The scientific power of poetry

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<em>The Wheel</em>: A new book puts a basic technology in its place

Technology

The Wheel: A new book puts a basic technology in its place

CultureLab

<em>The Society of Genes</em>: Time for a subtler picture of evolution

Life

The Society of Genes: Time for a subtler picture of evolution

CultureLab

The Lumiere festival gets set to light up the London night

Technology

The Lumiere festival gets set to light up the London night

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<em>Home</em>: It's where the heart is – and now we know why

Life

Home: It's where the heart is – and now we know why

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<em>The Visit</em>: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

Life

The Visit: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

CultureLab

<em>Dark Matter and the dinosaurs</em>: A quest for grown-ups

Life

Dark Matter and the dinosaurs: A quest for grown-ups

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Phones could be making us less human, but does it matter?

Technology

Phones could be making us less human, but does it matter?

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Gardening in space: Sow the cosmological seeds and scatter

Space

Gardening in space: Sow the cosmological seeds and scatter

On the 10th of the 12 days of CultureLab, Simon Ings reflects on an exhibition and film that made 2015 the year we admitted we need more than one planet

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Health

Why we need to go on talking about trauma

CultureLab

Humans

How poetry can be a shortcut to truths science tries to discover

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Earth

Saving the natural world may rely on memories of its beauty

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Next year in books: CultureLab's choicest reads for 2016

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