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Further Reading

Is ancient DNA research revealing new truths or falling into old traps? Robots use imagination to learn concepts. Poons vs Koons. Towards a general theory of neural networks. The concept of the corporation. A robot reveals how ancient reptile moved. Frederick Eberhardt about causality. And more.
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Further Reading

Albert-László Barabási on the 5 universal laws of success. Ocean warming is accelerating. Steven Strogatz on the future of AI. The conceptual limits of machine learning. Tickets in London's West End are not a rip-off. Tattoos are copyrighted. How radical 1960s architecture got it so wrong. And more.
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The Best Books of 2018

The books of the year in a number of categories: biggest book of the year; best fiction; best book I wish I had read years ago; best book about dinosaurs; best physics; best book about Wittgenstein that is(n't) about Wittgenstein; most useful, most disappointing and more.
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Further Reading

How to be an artist. The Burgess shale. Spider silk is stronger than steel. Humpback whale songs undergo a cultural revolution every few years. The insect apocalypse. René Girard. The US opioid crisis. Understanding Russia’s two hybrid wars. Global warming will happen faster than we think. And more.
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Further Reading

Quantifying reputation and success in art. Transforming the global food system. Tales from the Warhol Factory. What if the placebo effect isn’t a trick? Interview with David Foster Wallace. The Art Institute of Chicago has uploaded 50,000 high-resolution images from their collection. And more.
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Further Reading

How the urban jungle drives evolution. The big meltdown. Repackaging Stoicism for the 21st Century. Shred the Love: The Director's Cut. Interview with Bruno Latour. The world’s strongest MRI machines are pushing human imaging to new limits. Can optical illusions fool AI? And more.
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Further Reading

Interview with Jürgen Habermas. Machine learning confronts the elephant in the room. A new kind of neuron. Rick Owens. A new way to capture the brain’s electrical symphony. Andy Warhol's photography archive is online. Your gut is directly connected to your brain. William Eggleston. And more.