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Save the Shark Ruthless predators, mindless killers, cannibals…sharks have a terrifying reputation that has little to do with reality. But without them, Earth’s oceans would be…
The spider giant viper uses its unique lure to trick birds into coming closer. Matthijs Kuypers/Alamy book of genes of the dead richard dawkins (Yale University…
NexusYuval Noah Harari (Fern Press, on sale September 10) read Nexus It's a strange experience: the quality of the writing goes up and down: one minute you're reading something sharp, and the next minute you're rambling on about banal writing. The author, Yuval Noah Harari, is a medieval historian best known for his book, The
Dark Empath A surprising study finds that people with dark personality traits can also be highly empathetic – but does this make them more dangerous? that's…
DnA/Design and Architecture This spectacular image (pictured above) shows an abandoned Chinese quarry that has been ingeniously repurposed into an open-air library, with enclosed bookshelves lining…
Samsung’s first entry into Microsoft’s new Arm-powered Copilot+ PCs is the Galaxy Book 4 Edge, set to deliver impressive speed and battery life that can compete…
Teenage groups can offer protection, but they can also enforce exclusion.Virginia Woods Jack/Millennium Images, UK Coming of AgeLucy Faulks (Bodley Head (UK), Vintage Digital (US)) In…
Graviton It is one of the four fundamental forces, but what is gravity? It is made of? A quantum theory of gravity doesn’t exist (yet), but…
Scientists’ obsession with games like Go sparked AI breakthroughsRobert Paul Van Beets/Alamy Playing with realityKelly Clancy (Allen Lane (UK), Riverhead (US)) Games are a prehistoric innovation…
Friend or foe? How AI will develop remains to be seen Leonello Calvetti/Science Photo Library/Getty Images The success of large-scale language models like ChatGPT as part…
Noma, the restaurant in Copenhagen where researcher and chef Ariel Johnson workedThibaut Savary/AFP via Getty Images Flavor LlamaAriel Johnson (Harvest) Why is roasted meat so delicious?…
Surprising differences that may be found on other planets highlight fundamental difficulties in defining life Richard Bisley/Science Photo Library alien earth Lisa Kaltenegger (Allen Lane (UK)…
This week’s picks53 minutesAll episodes widely availableRemember when football was less subtle and more cash-based? So do Dara O’ Brian and Josh Widdicombe, and in their…
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture As the busiest year in the history of artificial intelligence (AI) comes to a close, Professor Mike Wooldridge is preparing to deliver…
