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TOPSHOT - A man pushes a bycicle along as he walks amid building rubble in the devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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A powerful new book shows why it's so important to understand war

In his latest book, Why War?, historian Richard Overy grapples with a question that stumped Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud – why do humans persist in waging war?

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Save the planet, release your inner wild, urges a passionate new book

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Janus Films handout film still: THE BEAST Directed by Bertrand Bonello. The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely ?erase? their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Le?a Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).

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Léa Seydoux and George MacKay dazzle in shocking sci-fi film The Beast

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FEE8WC Seoul, South Korea-November 15, 2015; Men playing in the outside ?Baduk? that is the Korean name for Go. November 15, 2015 Seoul

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New book explores how games shape the world – for better or for worse

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Engaging new book explores how vital mathematics is to map-making

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson's novel Eruption fails to thrill

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How to take on AI's challenge to ideas about what can be conscious

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Nemonte Nenquimo, Waorani leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon alongside other members of the Indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance.

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Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo tells her story in a potent memoir

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Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time

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Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time

We asked 91av staff to pick their favourite science fiction books. Here are the results, ranging from 19th-century classics to modern day offerings, and from Octavia E. Butler to Iain M. Banks

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Ray Kurzweil and other experts clash over AI’s future in new books

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Sci-fi author Martha Wells on what a machine intelligence might want

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Read an extract from All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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Arielle Johnson digs into the science of flavour in her tasty new book

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