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Humans

The maddeningly magical maths of John Dee

As an exhibition of notorious magician John Dee’s books continues, Philip Ball argues that he warrants a place in science's history

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The Imitation Game Tove Kjellmark

Technology

Art tries to pass the Turing test

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Building a new sea wall in the Queens borough of New York City, one year after Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the area with severe flooding and wind damage. It's just a pic of some workers and construction equipment with sea visible in the background

Earth

Why even catastrophic events can’t change attitudes to climate

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praying mantis

Environment

Cheats and Deceits: The story of how to stay alive

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Dark blue image of man apparently wearing unusual goggles

Competition: Your chance to have a sci-fi idea made into a film

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Douglas Coupland’s Deep Face: one of the show’s more evocative works

Technology

Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966): Backwards to the future

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Humans

NeuroLogic: The enthralling story of the unconscious mind

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Life

A Crude Look at the Whole: Complexity is still outsmarting us

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Humans

The End of Average tells us why we should discard a mean idea

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Health

Visible thoughts at the fringes of consciousness

For centuries, people have tried to picture thought, as a new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London shows. Now that we can, are we any better off?

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Environment

Meathooked: How eating meat became a global obsession

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Space

How Do You Find an Exoplanet? An insider account gives top tips

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Earth

Competition results: Winning words to describe the Anthropocene

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Earth

Shock of the Anthropocene: Winners and losers in new world era

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