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Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents, by Joseph M. Reagle, Jr.
Btihaj Ajana on a critical overview of a movement that promises freedom yet makes even the simplest of tasks more labour-intensive
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Lost in a Good Game: Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do for Us, by Pete Etchells
William Huber is unimpressed by an attempt to determine the psychological impact of gaming
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Ugliness and Judgment: On Architecture in the Public Eye, by Timothy Hyde
Richard J. Williams reflects on the hidden agendas behind controversies about ugly architecture
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The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Makes Us More and Less Violent, by Richard Wrangham
Book of the week: Camilla Power assesses a bold new approach to the origins of morality
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Eva Palmer Sikelianos: A Life in Ruins, by Artemis Leontis
Liz Gloyn enjoys a bold attempt to tell the story of a fascinating but largely forgotten woman
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‘Impossible’ black hole image required planetary teamwork
Astrophysics breakthrough a triumph of ‘science diplomacy’
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THE Awards 2019: open for entries
Expanded awards ceremony now incorporates categories from THE Leadership and Management Awards
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Jason Reese, 1967-2019
Tributes paid to Regius professor of engineering at Edinburgh
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Interview with Ewa Paluch
The Blavatnik Award winner discusses her dramatic childhood in Poland, switching from physics to biology, and the importance of ‘blebs’
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Chinese university presidents complain over lack of autonomy
Candid interviews with Chinese university presidents and government officials reveal widespread doubt that institutional freedom has increased
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Willetts: grade threshold for loans risks ‘two-tier’ system
Former universities minister says that, while parents of students with poorer A-levels could pay fees up front, less affluent families could not
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Religion expert in row over cancellation of prestigious chair
American University in Cairo withdraws chair in comparative religions at request of donor’s son
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UK universities issue 11K non-disclosure agreements in five years
Institutions becoming increasingly reliant on agreements that silence departing staff, according to freedom of information responses