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TOPSHOT - A man pushes a bycicle along as he walks amid building rubble in the devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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A powerful new book shows why it's so important to understand war

In his latest book, Why War?, historian Richard Overy grapples with a question that stumped Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud – why do humans persist in waging war?

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2F71A3H A Mallard duck on the River Avon, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK

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Matt Parker's comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths

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SPIRITED??AWAY, , In association with Studio Ghibli, Adapted by John Caird Co-adapted by Maoko Imai, Directed by John Caird, Original score by Joe Hisaishi, Music supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements by Brad Haak , Associate Music Supervision Orchestrations and Ableton Programming by Conor Keelan Set Designer - Jon Bausor, Puppetry Design and Direction by Tobv Olie, Choreographer/Staging Shigehiro Ide , Lighting Designer Jiro Katsushiba, sound Designer - Koichi Yamamoto, Costume designer - Sachiko Nakahara , Hair and Make Up Designer - Hiroaki Miyauchi Projection Designer Satoshi Kuriyama , Takashi Hoio, In Association with Studio Ghibli, London Coloseum, London, 2024, Credit: Johan Persson/

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51¶¯Âþ recommends a stage adaptation of Spirited Away in London

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Young woman with a backpack hiking in the mountains. Exploring in the nature, enjoying the view.

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Save the planet, release your inner wild, urges a passionate new book

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Martha Wells and 51¶¯Âþ news editor, Sophie Bushwick

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Martha Wells: I didn’t know how non-neurotypical I was until Murderbot

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Engaging new book explores how vital mathematics is to map-making

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Janus Films handout film still: THE BEAST Directed by Bertrand Bonello. The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely ?erase? their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Le?a Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).

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Léa Seydoux and George MacKay dazzle in shocking sci-fi film The Beast

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FEE8WC Seoul, South Korea-November 15, 2015; Men playing in the outside ?Baduk? that is the Korean name for Go. November 15, 2015 Seoul

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New book explores how games shape the world – for better or for worse

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51¶¯Âþ recommends puzzle book S. by Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams

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Television Programme: The Leftovers with Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey and Carrie Coon as Nora Durst. TL_202_042915_VR_-37.jpg The Leftovers Series 2

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It's a decade old, but The Leftovers is still painfully resonant today

The Leftovers follows those left behind after 140 million people vanish, unaccountably, in The Departure. The parallels with the covid-19 pandemic are obvious in this jewel of a TV show, says Bethan Ackerley

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Documentary explores a geneticist's motivation to understand the past

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51¶¯Âþ recommends David Runciman's podcast Past Present Future

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Immersive new exhibition explores the pitfalls of defying old age

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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