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Scientists’ obsession with games like Go have inspired AI breakthroughs Robert Paul van Beets/Alamy Playing With RealityKelly Clancy (Allen Lane (UK); …

Léa Seydoux (and plenty of dolls) sets the screen on fire in The Beast Carole Bethuel The BeastBertrand BonelloIn cinemas …

It is impossible to find a coastline’s exact length, as it grows with the rising precision of measurements Lightguard/Getty Images …

The amazing differences we may find on other planets highlight the basic difficulty in defining life RICHARD BIZLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY …

Is novelty in creativity actually a myth? Inti St Clair/Tetra Images, LLC/Alamy Why We RememberCharan Ranganath (Faber) THERE are a …

Every part of our lives is a result of humans co-evolving with tech Shutterstock/interstid Wise AnimalsTom Chatfield (Pan Macmillan) IN 1770, inventor …

In Charles Duhigg’s new book, we discover why some people are great at getting others to alter entrenched views, where …

Technology has transformed dating – for better or worse FilippoBacci/Getty Images A Brief History of LoveLiat Yakir (Watkins Publishing) IT IS …

The 2023 Hugo awards in Chengdu, China, are caught up in controversy Xinhua/Shutterstock IT IS a truth universally acknowledged that …

The great auk was driven extinct by a scientific market for its eggs and stuffed remains Oscar Dominguez/Alamy The Last …