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Artificial intelligence and the dream of eternal life

Until now, eternal life was the stuff of fiction, or in the unknowable realms of religion. But an artificial intelligence that ‘remembers’ the whole of an individual’s experience could be the way to life after death.

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A history of sex for sale

Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.

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The work of wet-nursing

Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.

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  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A woman personifying typography crowns a naked boy with a golden serpent; representing printing conferring immortality on the arts, sciences and literature. Coloured engraving by E. J. Roberts after H.J. Richter.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
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