How to take on AI's challenge to ideas about what can be conscious
5 June 2024
An impressive and exuberant book by neuroscientist Christof Koch challenges the idea that simulating intelligence and consciousness is identical to the real deal
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Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo tells her story in a potent memoir
5 June 2024
From a child's curiosity about a visiting missionary to fighting oil companies, Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo's autobiography shows the journey of an extraordinary Indigenous woman
Ray Kurzweil and other experts clash over AI’s future in new books
29 May 2024
To understand the power – and limitations – of artificial intelligence, we need information, not hype. Alex Wilkins explores what four new books, from Ray Kurzweil, Nick Bostrom, Neil Lawrence and Shannon Vallor, offer
Arielle Johnson digs into the science of flavour in her tasty new book
22 May 2024
Fancy developing sommelier skills? Or making some coffee-infused rum? Try Arielle Johnson's delicious new book Flavorama
Darkly comic sci-fi chiller sees a pet spider turn fast-growing hunter
22 May 2024
When a spider falls to Earth in an ice storm and is taken in as a pet, what could go right? Think Alien and M3gan – and effortless entertainment
Sarah Perry's Enlightenment is a moving story of love and astronomy
8 May 2024
This beautifully written and compassionate novel tells the story of how comet Halle-Bopp turns a small-town writer onto astronomy and opens him up to fresh adventures
