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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

13 March 2024

There is more lurking below the surface of Arrakis than sandworms. Dune author Frank Herbert had a keen interest in fungi, and so should we, says Corrado Nai


Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks

Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks

29 September 2023

This intriguing extract is taken from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks, the latest pick for our ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Book Club. It sees a billionaire entrepreneur recruiting a scientist for his new project, which will have major implications for the human...


Sebastian Faulks: ‘Homo sapiens is a very odd creature’

Sebastian Faulks: ‘Homo sapiens is a very odd creature’

29 September 2023

The award-winning novelist Sebastian Faulks on how he came to set his new novel The Seventh Son – the latest pick for our ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Book Club – a little way into the future


Read an extract from The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

Read an extract from The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

25 May 2023

This tantalising extract is taken from the prologue of The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, a science fiction novel which is the first pick for ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's book club


Justin Cronin on the books, films and TV that inspired The Ferryman

Justin Cronin on the books, films and TV that inspired The Ferryman

25 May 2023

From Lost to The Tempest, the author of The Ferryman reveals the cultural influences behind his new science fiction novel - the first pick for ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's book club


Burden of Genius review: The story of the first liver transplants

Burden of Genius review: The story of the first liver transplants

4 January 2019

On the last of our 12 Days of Culture, a film about pioneering liver transplant surgeon Thomas Starzl is one of sacrificing family life for medical advance


An AI conference warns us why we need to mind our language

An AI conference warns us why we need to mind our language

4 January 2019

We’re using the wrong words to talk about artificial intelligence. The 11th of our 12 Days of Culture shows where we’ve gone wrong and why it really matters


The Republican Reversal shows how the US party is like Soviet Russia

The Republican Reversal shows how the US party is like Soviet Russia

28 December 2018

The Republicans used to be all for science. A new book analyses how the US conservative party turned against conservation for the fourth of our 12 Days of Culture


Global Grad Show: How should we design for the world’s end?

Global Grad Show: How should we design for the world’s end?

20 December 2018

At the Dubai Design Week last November, a generation of graduates shared their ideas for the future of design. We bring them to you for the sixth of our 12 Days of Culture


It’s very bad news that common viruses are affected by climate change

It’s very bad news that common viruses are affected by climate change

20 December 2018

No one knew climate change would affect viruses that spread from person to person, but it does. For the eighth of our 12 Days of Culture we look at how disease may change


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