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Iain M. Banks: Upload for everlasting life

Iain M. Banks: Upload for everlasting life

The author of the sci-fi "Culture" novels contemplates how and why you might upload yourself to a computer – and the place of torture in his novels

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Life

'Introspection' brain networks fully formed at birth

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Can the biology of being gay combat bigotry?

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Everyday life in moreish bite-sized science

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Yves Klein: artist or geoengineer ahead of his time?

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Machine needs: How technology is shaping humanity

Machine needs: How technology is shaping humanity

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The invention of race

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Solar power could crash Germany's grid

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Solar power could crash Germany's grid

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A tasty dynner for language lovers

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Quantum mechanics: A tale fit for a superhero

James Kakalios takes an original and highly readable approach to his subject in The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics

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Film festival: 'A well-trained monkey could do my job'

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Finding Britain's butterflies

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Film festival: The humble beginnings of a genius

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Film festival: Can monkeys make films?

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