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Dance moves: James Brown's single-handed invention of funk

In our series on innovation in dance music we look at James Brown's invention of funk

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Video: The potential and limits of 'grit' in the classroom

Psychologist Angela Duckworth discusses the value of engendering passion and perseverance in personal development

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Dance moves: How northern soul led to club culture

In our series on innovation in dance music we look at the music – and dance – devotees who transplanted soul from Detroit to the towns of northern England

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The blockchain, explained

​It's like a distributed ledger for convoluted analogies

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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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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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Going dark: the insecure past and future of cyberwar

The Long + Short talks to Fred Kaplan, author of a new book on the disturbing origins of digital conflict

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Who will succeed in the new machine age?

Alec Ross discusses his new book, the emerging industries of the future and the relative merits of Donald Trump versus a robot

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Dance moves: Blues explosions, 1914-17

How America got the blues. The latest in a series examining 'periods of innovation' spurring the evolution of music to dance to