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  Over the next 10 years, scientific experts will be dealing with "extreme weather." No one knows how weird and dangerous it will get. Moscow already faces Bahrain-like temperatures. Downpours swamp a…

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  In the beginning, before there was such a thing as a Gutenberg Bible, Johannes Gutenberg laid out his rows of metal type and brushed them with ink and, using the mechanism…

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  The widespread fascination with the Mad Men series is far more than just simple nostalgia. It is about how we feel about ourselves and our society today. In Mad Men we…

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• Bookmark An Amoral Manifesto (Part I)

  Hard Atheism or What Shall I Name This Column? Hold onto your hats, folks. Although it is perhaps fitting that the actual day on which I sit here at my computer…

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  The world's first known human cannibals ate each other to satisfy their nutritional needs, concludes a new study of the remains of cannibal feasts consumed about one million years ago. The…

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  It turns out the Machiguenga — whose number system goes: one, two, three, many — are not alone in their thinking. Most people from non-Western cultures introduced to the Ultimatum Game…

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  He's an Indian, and Brazilian officials have concluded that he's the last survivor of an uncontacted tribe. They first became aware of his existence nearly 15 years ago and for a…

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• Bookmark Ha-Joon Chang: The net isn't as important as we think

  Is it really true that the washing machine has changed the world more than the internet? When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened…

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  THE news of the day often includes an item about some development in artificial intelligence: a machine that smiles, a program that can predict human tastes in mates or music, a…

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• Bookmark CERN Podcast | Chris Morris

  Chris Morris is considered to be one of the greatest satirists ever and has been responsible for some of the most controversial, and let’s face it funny, programmes on television. In…

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• Bookmark Interpretation as a Fine Art

  A hot summer day, C not yet out, the Booker judges still busy deciding on this year’s longlist, I go to meet Tom McCarthy. On the way to the cafe, I…

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  Is our species, Homo sapiens sapiens, the first cyborg species? Gizmodo/New Scientist has a fascinating article up about how humans evolved as a result of technology. Timothy Taylor, an anthropologist and…

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  Are signs and meanings just as vital to living things as enzymes and tissues? Liz Else investigates a science in the making EVERY so often, something shows up on the New…

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• Bookmark Ideas of the Century: Non-Critical Thinking

  Back in 1981, R.M. Hare, in his book Moral Thinking, featured a distinction that today I still find useful. Hare admitted that the distinction was not original with him, but he…

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• Bookmark Ancient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant–fungal parasitism

  Parasites commonly manipulate host behaviour, and among the most dramatic examples are diverse fungi that cause insects to die attached to leaves. This death-grip behaviour functions to place insects in an…

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• Bookmark Forget those creative writing workshops. If you want to write, get threatened

  One of the side-effects of having your work appear in a public forum such as this is that people often email me asking for advice on how to break into writing,…

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  Imagine being a slave in ancient Rome. Now remember being one. The second task, unlike the first, is crazy. If, as I’m guessing, you never were a slave in ancient Rome,…

  August 18 2010, 2:12am | Comments

• Bookmark Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain

  There he goes again, making up nonsense and making ridiculous claims that have no relationship to reality. Ray Kurzweil must be able to spin out a good line of bafflegab, because…

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  September 2 2010, 5:42am | Comments

• Bookmark Will the Book Survive Generation Text?

  Over the next 10 years, scientific experts will be dealing with "extreme weather." No one knows how weird and dangerous it will get. Moscow already faces Bahrain-like temperatures. Downpours swamp a…

  September 1 2010, 11:17am | Comments

• Bookmark Cover story

  In the beginning, before there was such a thing as a Gutenberg Bible, Johannes Gutenberg laid out his rows of metal type and brushed them with ink and, using the mechanism…

  September 1 2010, 11:16am | Comments

• Flickr Rapaz

  September 1 2010, 12:22am | Comments

• Bookmark Adam Curtis on 'Mad Men'

  The widespread fascination with the Mad Men series is far more than just simple nostalgia. It is about how we feel about ourselves and our society today. In Mad Men we…

  August 31 2010, 3:55pm | Comments

• Bookmark An Amoral Manifesto (Part I)

  Hard Atheism or What Shall I Name This Column? Hold onto your hats, folks. Although it is perhaps fitting that the actual day on which I sit here at my computer…

  August 30 2010, 10:12am | Comments

• Bookmark First Cannibals Ate Each Other for Extra Nutrition

  The world's first known human cannibals ate each other to satisfy their nutritional needs, concludes a new study of the remains of cannibal feasts consumed about one million years ago. The…

  August 30 2010, 10:11am | Comments

• Bookmark Westerners vs. the World: We are the WEIRD ones

  It turns out the Machiguenga — whose number system goes: one, two, three, many — are not alone in their thinking. Most people from non-Western cultures introduced to the Ultimatum Game…

  August 30 2010, 10:10am | Comments

• Bookmark The most isolated man on the planet

  He's an Indian, and Brazilian officials have concluded that he's the last survivor of an uncontacted tribe. They first became aware of his existence nearly 15 years ago and for a…

  August 30 2010, 8:05am | Comments

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  August 30 2010, 4:40am | Comments

• Bookmark Ha-Joon Chang: The net isn't as important as we think

  Is it really true that the washing machine has changed the world more than the internet? When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened…

  August 30 2010, 4:30am | Comments

• YouTube

  August 30 2010, 4:24am | Comments

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  August 29 2010, 12:14pm | Comments

• foursquare checkin @ Shakespeare - "I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it"

  August 28 2010, 12:21pm | Comments

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  RT @L_A_B_O_R: Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma Puma P ...

  August 28 2010, 10:49am | Comments

• Bookmark The First Church of Robotics

  THE news of the day often includes an item about some development in artificial intelligence: a machine that smiles, a program that can predict human tastes in mates or music, a…

  August 28 2010, 6:43am | Comments

• Tumblr grandeurbydelusions: via MONSTER BRAINS

  August 28 2010, 3:56am | Comments

• Bookmark CERN Podcast | Chris Morris

  Chris Morris is considered to be one of the greatest satirists ever and has been responsible for some of the most controversial, and let’s face it funny, programmes on television. In…

  August 28 2010, 2:53am | Comments

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  August 27 2010, 4:32pm | Comments

• Bookmark Interpretation as a Fine Art

  A hot summer day, C not yet out, the Booker judges still busy deciding on this year’s longlist, I go to meet Tom McCarthy. On the way to the cafe, I…

  August 27 2010, 12:20pm | Comments

• Tumblr In short: TRY NOT TO DIE TOO HORRIBLY, KIDS

  August 27 2010, 7:22am | Comments

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  Shintaro Kago for #PresidentOfTheWorld

  August 27 2010, 7:16am | Comments

• Bookmark Did Humans Make Tools, or Did Tools Make Humans?

  Is our species, Homo sapiens sapiens, the first cyborg species? Gizmodo/New Scientist has a fascinating article up about how humans evolved as a result of technology. Timothy Taylor, an anthropologist and…

  August 27 2010, 5:14am | Comments

• Bookmark Biosemiotics: Searching for meanings in a meadow

  Are signs and meanings just as vital to living things as enzymes and tissues? Liz Else investigates a science in the making EVERY so often, something shows up on the New…

  August 27 2010, 1:08am | Comments

• Bookmark Ideas of the Century: Non-Critical Thinking

  Back in 1981, R.M. Hare, in his book Moral Thinking, featured a distinction that today I still find useful. Hare admitted that the distinction was not original with him, but he…

  August 21 2010, 3:16pm | Comments

• Flickr Morning

  August 21 2010, 6:30am | Comments

• Flickr Welcome to “La Isla de Felicidad,” please enjoy our spectacular muck spa, just walk in and relax.

  August 19 2010, 5:01pm | Comments

• Bookmark Ancient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant–fungal parasitism

  Parasites commonly manipulate host behaviour, and among the most dramatic examples are diverse fungi that cause insects to die attached to leaves. This death-grip behaviour functions to place insects in an…

  August 19 2010, 8:40am | Comments

• Flickr Capuccin Monkey

  August 18 2010, 10:47am | Comments

• Bookmark Forget those creative writing workshops. If you want to write, get threatened

  One of the side-effects of having your work appear in a public forum such as this is that people often email me asking for advice on how to break into writing,…

  August 18 2010, 2:13am | Comments

• Bookmark Reclaiming the Imagination

  Imagine being a slave in ancient Rome. Now remember being one. The second task, unlike the first, is crazy. If, as I’m guessing, you never were a slave in ancient Rome,…

  August 18 2010, 2:12am | Comments

• Bookmark Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain

  There he goes again, making up nonsense and making ridiculous claims that have no relationship to reality. Ray Kurzweil must be able to spin out a good line of bafflegab, because…

  August 17 2010, 3:04pm | Comments

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