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<em>The Master Algorithm</em>: A world remade by machines that learn

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The Master Algorithm: A world remade by machines that learn

Pedro Domingos's new book is a compelling but rather unquestioning insider view of the search for the ultimate in machine learning

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Inside the Samuel Johnson book prize: The science problem

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What is freedom in the digital age?

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What is freedom in the digital age?

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Tuberculosis now leading cause of death from infectious disease

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Tuberculosis now leading cause of death from infectious disease

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Baby due date could be predicted more precisely with cervix test

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Baby due date could be predicted more precisely with cervix test

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Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

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Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

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How the matsutake mushroom lets us balance ecology and economics

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How the matsutake mushroom lets us balance ecology and economics

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How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

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How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

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<em>What To Think About Machines That Think</em> gets you thinking

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What To Think About Machines That Think gets you thinking

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<em>Back to the Future</em>: Does physics of Marty's time travel add up?

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Back to the Future: Does physics of Marty's time travel add up?

Today is 21 October 2015 – the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in Back to the Future Part II. Can we reconcile the films with reality?

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Humans

Ann Veronica Janssen's room of fog bumps you through the rainbow

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Physics

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is lean, lucid and enchanting

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The Secret Lives of Bats: The adventures of the real batman

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Lithium dreams: The surreal landscapes where batteries are born

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