He had a scandalous reputation in his lifetime but in death became angelic.
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The possibilities of ‘more human than human’ artificial intelligence and the dangers of playing God and are not new – they’re the subjects of one of the world’s first science-fiction novels.
‘Dark Souls’ draws on the literary theme of the ‘last man’ that emerged from the work of French author Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville and those inspired by him.
It’s not just a modern fad – plant-based diets have a long and colourful political past.
Written in the same house party as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Polidori’s creature was based on the “mad, bad and dangerous to know” Lord Byron.
A clock designed to work for 10 millennia is being built – but what is the point of it?
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