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The Coming Wave review: How AI reshapes our world

How powerful is artificial intelligence? Where has it sprung from? Mustafa Suleyman's The Coming Wave is one of four disquieting books which set out to explore AI's hold on the world

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Starter Villain review: Big questions laced with absurdist humour

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Extinctions review: A fast-paced story of going extinct on Earth

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John von Neuman and the Institute for Advanced Study computer, a fully automatic, digital, all-purpose computing machine constructed by him and his team, 1945. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

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The MANIAC review: A dark novel about the legendary John von Neumann

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51�� recommends The Man Who Couldn't Stop and The Retrievals

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Interstellar review: The case for seeking out alien technology

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Painkiller. (L to R) John Ales as Dr. Gregory Fitzgibbons, West Duchovny as Shannon Shaeffer in episode 102 of Painkiller. Cr. Keri Anderson/Netflix ?? 2023

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Painkiller review: Netflix drops the ball in retelling OxyContin story

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BOYOLALI, INDONESIA - MARCH 11: A motorcyclist wearing a mask rides past in an area covered by ash after Mount Merapi erupted spewing volcanic materials at Stabelan village on March 11, 2023 in Boyolali, Central Java, Indonesia. Mount Merapi, 2,968 metres high, is known as one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, with an eruption occurring every two to five years. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

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Mountains of Fire review: What volcanoes can teach us about ourselves

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Disputed Inheritance review: Why do we still bother with Mendel?

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Whalefall review: Stunning novel about being swallowed by a whale

A teenage scuba diver has an hour to escape from a whale that has swallowed him before his air runs out in a novel by Daniel Kraus which is like nothing you have read before

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The best science fiction movies about dinosaurs, by a palaeontologist

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Bridge review: An essential entrant into the multiverse genre

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From One Cell review: Embryology and the future of medicine

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Game of Edges review: Inside story of how data is transforming sport

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