Stories
- Article
Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
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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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Bringing biotech to the people
Amateur scientists have inspired all kinds of frightening scenarios, from Frankenstein’s monster to ‘The Fly’ and ‘Breaking Bad’. But it can be a force for good. Today’s DIYbio enthusiasts are having fun – and even making lucrative breakthrough discoveries.
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You know the drill
Richard Barnett opens wide the true meaning of a healthy mouth.
Catalogue
- Books
Colonial desire : hybridity in theory, culture, and race / Robert J.C. Young.
Young, Robert, 1950-Date: 1995- Books
Darwin, God, and the meaning of life : how evolutionary theory undermines everything you thought you knew / Steve Stewart-Williams.
Stewart-Williams, Steve, 1971-Date: 2010- Books
Theory and operation of the Fourdrinier paper machine / by G.H. Nuttall.
Nuttall, G. H. (Geoffrey Herbert)Date: [1967]- Books
Technoculture and critical theory : in the service of the machine? / Simon Cooper.
Cooper, Simon, 1967-Date: 2002- Books
Watching Weimar dance / Kate Elswit.
Elswit, Kate.Date: [2014]