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An aerial view of downtown San Jose California skyline taken 06-16-2021. San Jose is the core urban hub of high technology referred to as Silicon Valley.

Health

Chilling book exposes true cost of tech bros' immortality dreams

Why does it matter that Silicon Valley's tech bros are out to cheat death? Graham Lawton finds out in Aleks Krotoski's The Immortalists, a disturbing new book that charts the territory with brilliantly dispassionate reporting

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Peter Betts with delegates - Cop17 in Durban, South Africa

Environment

An excellent guide to the labyrinthine world of COP summits

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The Whie House Effect

Environment

Must-watch documentary shows how Bush Senior failed the climate

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A new festival at Kew Gardens explores sustainable fashion through art, plants and design. Material World opens 20 September.

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51�� recommends Material World at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Culture

Grass Paperback by Sheri S. Tepper

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51�� recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass

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Netflix handout film still -- Frankenstein. BTS - (L to R) Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix ?? 2025.

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Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable

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2PMP2DP Cats lying down and resting on the floor in the courtyard of Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan in Cairo, Egypt

Life

A purrfect guide to cats and our complex relationship with them

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Beyond Human series. Collage of human, geometric and natural forms on the subject of inner reality, mental health, imagination, mysticism, thinking and dreaming.; Shutterstock ID 164294465; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other:

Technology

If you love AI, you'll love Ken Liu's new cyberpunk thriller

Culture

CECER9 Geothermal Power Facility

Environment

Hannah Ritchie's new book on net zero is a breath of fresh air

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Handout still for the film Blue Planet Red. Wrench Tool and Container Discovered by Rolf Varga, the Spirit Rover photographed two funny-looking rocks that resemble a wrench and open-top container laid on its side. https://blueplanetred.net/images

Space

Blue Planet Red is wrong about Mars – but it's surprisingly poignant

Brian Cory Dobbs's documentary promotes the baseless idea that Mars was once inhabited by an advanced civilisation. But there's some value in how it inadvertently documents a generation of otherwise-sensible scientists, says Simon Ings

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Earth

The Whispers of Rock is a personal journey through aeons of geology

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Life

51�� recommends Horizon: Secrets of the brain

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Comment

Our verdict on ‘The Dispossessed’: A tricky but rewarding novel

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Mind

A terrifying book dissects the neuroscience of warfare

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