Rise of the Machines
Like Digital vs Human, the recent book by futurist Richard Watson, war studies professor Thomas Rid’s Rise of the Machines takes a similar look at our relationship to technology. But
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Why Diets Make Us Fat
If the size and influence of the diet industry and the battles many people wage – often over decades – to control their weight seems nonsensical to you, Why Diets
Digital vs Human
According to Digital vs Human, we need to start talking about the way robotics, AI, automation and the web are going to further affect us – but we aren’t. Instead,
The Gene: An Intimate History
A book of both history and science, this couldn’t have a better title – it’s quite simply the comprehensive story of the discovery, disentanglement and manipulation of the gene. From
I Lost It At The Video Store
It’s this nostalgia for a movement – that arose from pure consumer economics but which now has a lustre all its own – that movie journalist Tom Roston celebrates in I Lost It At the Video Store. … Continue readingI Lost It At The Video Store
Lullaby
A teenage boy named Rene sits with his identical twin brother Theo in hospital, the latter in a coma he likely won’t awaken from. Rene is taken away and interviewed by psychologist Maggie to determine his emotional suitability for a procedure that’s hinted at but not explained until the big reveal. … Continue readingLullaby
Vitamania
Vitamania is a level headed but urgent look at the marketing, industry, science and disinformation surrounding one of the most common and least understood words in nutrition. … Continue readingVitamania
The Internet is Not the Answer
It’s too late to go back, and few in the Western World would want to now the Internet is as essential as electricity. But The Internet is Not the Answer will remind you not to drink the digital Kool-Aid so readily. … Continue readingThe Internet is Not the Answer
Great Monster Mash
“In a way everything I’ve done is an homage to Michael Crichton,” he says. “Dinosaurs were real and Crichton was brilliant recreating them with DNA. What I’ve done is taken a mythological creature and had even more fun with it. I knew there’d be comparisons but I’m confident my story is completely different.” … Continue readingGreat Monster Mash
Never Lost For Words
Nothing makes us feel quite a superior as reading a blog post or forum comment that’s so badly spelled a semiliterate six-year-old could’ve done better, and jumping down the offender’s throat (albeit virtually) has become a 21st century pastime. … Continue readingNever Lost For Words