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Colorado river

Environment

How water shortages flow into collaboration not war

Water fuels human life everywhere, so shortages should spell disaster. But three new books exploring the complexities of water politics reach surprising conclusions

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Neolithic tools

Humans

Britain’s first lumberjacks have long tales to tell

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Humans

Tale of world of supersmart spiders takes Clarke SF award

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future

Humans

We are gods of the future 鈥� but what will we do?

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shadow figure

Life

Europe at Midnight: SF, with a very British take

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hands

Humans

Money alone won’t turn us into unselfish citizens

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disembodied brain

Life

Turning tech into a god is seriously bad news

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robot

Technology

How the cyber age gave peace a chance

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children

Humans

The kids are alright 鈥� if you leave them alone

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Marconi

Humans

Marconi forged today’s interconnected world of communication

He may not have had Einstein's orginality, but Marconi pioneered the modern communication systems that led to cellphones and the internet

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Humans

Mall tales: an artist’s take on modern retail psychology

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Health

Why we’re funny about facts and prefer emotions

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Life

Brush up against the colourful limitations of our vision

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Space

Iridium: story of a communications solution no one listened to

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