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This sexagenarian romp is a comic thriller
The Last Laugh, by Lynn Freed, reviewed by Valerie Miner for The San Francisco Chronicle. The Last Laugh is a sexagenarian...
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For the sake of your creativity, put away that phone
Dunkirk's director Christopher Nolan wants you to shut away your phone to improve concentration and cultivate creativity. Organisational psychologist Adam Grant reports...
Make no mistake, agretti is no weed
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Global warming melts permafrost and reveals a new threat
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In the hierarchy of rights, where do robots sit?
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The Handmaid’s Tale: When watercooler TV took a turn for the dread
Helen Atwood's 1985 vision of dystopia in the United States - The Handmaid's Tale - sent chills through the blood....
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