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How the dearly departed could come back to life – digitally

Virtual simulations of loved ones could be the next step in the evolution of bereavement. Like the idea or not the technology is here – we should start the moral debate now

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Homebaked: the cooperative bakery reviving Anfield, loaf by loaf

How the community around Liverpool's stadium has revived the neighbourhood bakery as a social enterprise that lets locals decide their own future

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How radical life extension will transform how we think about punishment

From time-slowing medicine to prison in a pill, a philosopher's thought experiments in future technology force us to rethink the very purpose of punishment

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A new gallery celebrates the work of the outsider

The Gallery of Everything bills itself as the first commercial space for outsider art. With the help of Jarvis Cocker it's shining a light on an unusual corner of the art world

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Dance moves: Riots in Lagos and the birth of electro

Charting 20th-century periods of innovation that spurred the evolution of music to dance to. With electro, the 1980s is when what we commonly understand as 'dance music' begins

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'We need the best of human intelligence to make the best of artificial intelligence'

Comment: Huw Price, academic director of the Centre for Future Intelligence, on how we should shape AI for the next generation

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When tech trumps taste

London Food Tech Week showed the potential for new developments in our food systems, but failed to capture the joy of eating

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Voting blocks

Blockchain, the technology underlying Bitcoin, could be used to run anything from a protest movement to a nation. It's an exciting prospect, but can it actually work?​

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Ideas aren't everything: Naivety

Fortune and fame lie behind many inventors' efforts, but for reasons fair and foul, some don't exploit their work for financial gain

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10 science startups shaping tomorrow

The winners of the Hello Tomorrow Challenge present innovative solutions to problems from overfishing to energy storage to air quality