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Cute housebot Sunny lures us into an intriguing and flawed TV show

In TV show Sunny, an adorable robot befriends Suzie, a lonely US expat in Kyoto. Its appearance also primes us to love the show, despite it ducking the complex questions it raises, says Bethan Ackerley

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Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

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Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

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Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

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A man is lying in a hammock in the sun, he is reading a book on his digital tablet. The hammock is hanging in a beautiful green forest in Sweden.

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The best science non-fiction books of 2024 so far

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The best science fiction books of 2024 so far

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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

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

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

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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

Bertrand Bonello's twist on a Henry James novella from 1903 may be the most indirect critique of technology ever made. This film is memorable and absolutely terrifying, says Simon Ings

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

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Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo tells her story in a potent memoir

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson's novel Eruption fails to thrill

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How to take on AI's challenge to ideas about what can be conscious

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