Life23 November 2016
Great Christmas books: Our guide to gifts that keep on giving
From wonderfully inclusive explanations of the universe to tracking the world's animals with ultrasmart technology, there's something here for everyone
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Life23 November 2016
The culture of 2016: Loving it
Tales of first contact, living an alien __life in Earth's cities and a gloriously reinvigorated TV classic: our picks show why this is a year to remember
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Technology21 November 2016
Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s The Tempest a messy triumph
A new version of the play in Stratford, UK, uses motion capture to project an animated Ariel onto the stage. It looks fabulous – but is not quite perfect
Humans | Life | Technology21 November 2016
Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science
Cars fuelled by water, flying machines and dead/alive chickens are all part of a witty Liverpool show designed to get non-scientists thinking scientifically
Humans16 November 2016
Playing politics: exposing the flaws of nudge thinking
Governments have experimented with "nudging" us into better public behaviour. But a new book by a proponent of the theory, underlines growing doubts
Health16 November 2016
Scurvy: A tale of the sailors' curse and a cure that got lost
The fact that it took such a long time to nail the true cause of scurvy tells us a lot about science both then and now, argues a new book about the disease
Technology9 November 2016
What if we are victims of an AI’s singularity?
Creating superintellingence may be inevitable, unless we are already living in a simulation. A collection of AI essays grapples with this weighty issue
Humans2 November 2016
When politics fills the language gap, can science be neutral?
Should researchers be frank about their social beliefs? A book about Noam Chomsky has lessons from linguistics, where science encounters xenophobia
Humans2 November 2016
Future Humans: Just how far can our evolution go?
The future of Homo sapiens is tantalisingly sketched out in a new book that favours reality over speculation
Humans26 October 2016
A Day in the __life of the Brain hunts consciousness
Susan Greenfield's latest book struggles to find a different solution to how the "water" of objective neural activity becomes "wine" of consciousness
Life26 October 2016
Trees have an inner life like ours, claims bestseller
Our concern for animal rights may lead to similar protections for trees – so argues The Hidden Life of Trees. Is there more to this than anthropomorphism?
Technology26 October 2016
Lo and Behold takes Werner Herzog on a tour round the internet
The faux-naive lens of a legendary film-maker captures some startling insights about the single most disruptive technology of our time
Humans26 October 2016
Why rest and relaxation are such a serious business
Hard work and rest sound like opposites, but it’s much more complex, says Mary Halton, after visiting a new exhibition and exploring a new book
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