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Health

How bad is modern life for our body clocks – and what can we do?

Modern life disrupts the circadian rhythms controlling our biology – increasing our risk of developing conditions ranging from diabetes to dementia. Lynne Peeples's new book The Inner Clock explores and offers solutions

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A view shows banners at Tel Aviv University campus as Sam Altman, CEO of Microsoft-backed OpenAI and ChatGPT creator is due to speak in Tel Aviv, Israel June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC2XC1AOM2OY

Technology

A riveting exploration of how AI models like ChatGPT changed the world

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Life

Is life better as a dog? A philosopher investigates

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Netflix handout still: Supacell. SUPACELL is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.

Society

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends new superhero drama Supacell

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Handout film still from Cyborg: A Documentary. Colour-blind artist Neil Harbisson is the world?s first formally-recognised cyborg. He has an antenna implanted in his head that allows him to ?hear? colour. Now Neil is on a mission to convince the world to follow him and adopt his credo: Design Yourself. Neil?s childhood friend Moon Ribas has collaborated with him on his journey. A dancer and choreographer, she has had implants in her arm and foot which allow her to perceive earthquakes from all over the planet as vibrations in her body. In Carey Born?s engaging documentary Neil and Moon confront their detractors head-on, communicating their controversial ideas about the technological future of humankind.

Technology

Documentary tells the fascinating story of a man wired to hear colour

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SAN FRANCISCO - SEPTEMBER 20: Freshly printed copies of the San Francisco Chronicle run through the printing press at one of the Chronicle's printing facilities September 20, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Newspaper sales in the U.S. continue to slide as people turn to the internet and television for their news. The Chronicle saw its circulation plunge more than 15 percent in 2006 to 398,000 during the week which has hurt newspaper vendor Rick Gaub's business. Unable to sell as many papers as he used to, Gaub is looking for a new way to earn money after selling papers for 42 years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Technology

Nexus review: Yuval Noah Harari is out of his depth in his new book

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380363 03: William Protor polishes a model flying saucer on property near Jamul, CA, October 15, 2000, purchased by the Unarius Academy of Science to serve as a future landing site for "space brothers" from other planets. According to the academy, a spaceship carrying 1,000 alien scientists from the planet Myton will arrive on Earth in the year 2001, landing on a raised landform that was once part of an Atlantean continent in the Caribbean Sea. If humans are spritually ready, a total of 33 flying saucers from different planets will land in a towering stack near Jamul, CA to create an international university and introduce new technologies to save planet Earth from self-destruction. (Photo by David McNew/Newsmakers)

Space

Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination

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Life

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends eight-legged musical instrument Sonic Spider

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Society

A podcast explores how sport is drawing the line between men and women

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Comment

The best new science fiction books of September 2024

From Michel Houellebecq to Booker-longlisted Richard Powers and Rachel Kushner, there is plenty of excellent science fiction to read this September

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Environment

Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower

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Comment

N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of Parable of the Sower

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Humans

A gripping account of morality shows how we work out right from wrong

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Environment

James Cameron’s new ocean-life series is try-hard but effective

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