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CARDIFF, WALES - JUNE 20: Police facial recognition cameras in operation on Westgate Street ahead of a Harry Styles concert at the Principality Stadium on June 20, 2023 in Cardiff, Wales. Members of the European Parliament recently backed an effective ban on live face recognition cameras in public. A live face recognition camera works by comparing faces with a

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Your Face Belongs to Us review: What is happening to public privacy?

A scary future looms if we fail to protect the freedom of being anonymous in public places, says Kashmir Hill's new book

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Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks

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Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks

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Sebastian Faulks: ‘Homo sapiens is a very odd creature’

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Sebastian Faulks: ‘Homo sapiens is a very odd creature’

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Peter Hotez, founding dean and chief of the Baylor College of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine, speaks during a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The Trump administration won't be able to meet its promised timeline of having a million coronavirus tests available by the end of the week, senators said after a briefing from health officials. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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The Deadly Rise of Anti-science review: The personal cost of research

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The Neanderthal woman was re-created and built by Dutch artists Andrie and Alfons Kennis. Research including fossil anatomy and a detailed study of DNA is present in the color of the skin and eyes. (Photo by Joe McNally/Getty Images)

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The Naked Neanderthal review: Looking for the real Neanderthals

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Bridge author, Lauren Beukes: There are a lot of multiverses out there

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Men preparing the root and the leaves to be cooked together for the preparation of Ayahuasca tea. (Photo by: Giulio Paletta/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Ten Trips review: What tripping taught an academic about psychedelics

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Starter Villain review: Big questions laced with absurdist humour

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The Coming Wave review: How AI reshapes our world

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Mallard at the National Railway Museum, York.

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

The books, TV, games and more that 51�� staff have enjoyed this week

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

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

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Billion Dollar Heist review: How cybercriminals hit Bangladeshi bank

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

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