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Unshaken, by JY Yang

Our series of short fiction exploring the future of collective intelligence continues

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In Amsterdam, heavy weather presents as many opportunities as it does problems

A new initiative intended to convince Amsterdammers to make the most of heavy rainfall

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Cold cases

Photos: ​At the Frozen Zoo in San Diego, the cells of thousands of dead animals are preserved in the hope that one day they could help save endangered species

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Get thee to a library

A new theatre company takes Hamlet to an unconventional stage

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Dance moves: How swing became the first pop music – and gave us the first hipsters

Jazz's contentious birthing of swing, 1928-31. Our series looking at 'periods of innovation' spurring the evolution of music to dance to

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Mapping the unborn

With the help of a robotic arm and 3D modelling, antenatal care is being projected into the future. Can lives be saved in the process?

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Bot, is it art?

Favourited: A two-day event at Somerset House celebrates the culture and creativity of bots, and those who build them

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Why can't workers benefit more from the tools of the sharing economy?

Comment: Why isn't labour benefiting more from new technology?

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Portraits from an ad hoc city

Amid stasis and uncertainty, the inhabitants of the refugee camp in Calais have been forced to create a new lives on the margins

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Canned designs: Two sides of Glasgow

Designs for future cities that didn't pan out: revisiting Robert Bruce's drastic vision for 1940s Glasgow