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Los Angeles - CIRCA 1985: Author William Gibson poses for a portrait circa 1985 in Oakland, California (Photo by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Is Neuromancer's cyberpunk dystopia still thrilling in 2025?

When it was first published in 1984, William Gibson's Neuromancer transformed sci-fi and instantly birthed the cyberpunk genre. Ahead of an upcoming TV adaptation, Emily H. Wilson revisits the prophetic novel to see if it stands the test of time

Culture

A human spine with integrated electronic circuits embedded into it

Health

The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

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Technology

Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?

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Lunar Crater Radio Telescope: Illuminating the Cosmic Dark Ages This illustration depicts a conceptual Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Moon?s far side. The early-stage concept is being studied under grant funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program but is not a NASA mission. Credit: Vladimir Vustyansky

Space

Could a huge lunar telescope be our best chance of spotting aliens?

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We need to establish free internet access as a standalone human right

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We need to establish free internet access as a standalone human right

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In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

Environment

Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

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Vagus nerve stimulation receives US approval to treat arthritis

Health

Vagus nerve stimulation receives US approval to treat arthritis

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RC9MHB Rome, Italy, 05/06/2018: a street artist simulates an invisible man on the pedestrian area along tevere castello near castel sant'angelo.

Technology

How invisibility cloaks could make us disappear – at least from AI

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Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

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Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

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TOPSHOT - A prong extending from the CIRA-03 remote-controlled robot prototype approaches the mouth of a volunteer to extract a throat swab sample, as part of a self-funded project to assist physicians in running tests on suspected COVID-19 coronavirus patients in a bid to limit human exposure to disease-carriers, at a private hospital in Egypt's Nile delta city of Tanta, on March 20, 2021. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Can amazing tech reboot healthcare? A new book explores the future

Lara Lewington's Hacking Humanity looks at the fabulous technology that is changing healthcare. But where is the critical analysis?

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Physics

We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

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Will we ever feel comfortable with AIs taking on important tasks?

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'Flashes of brilliance and frustration': I let an AI agent run my day

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The 14 best science and tech documentaries of 2025 so far

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