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A frightening and exhilarating historical fly-through of the democratic experiment
No genteel history of textiles, Aarathi Prasad’s book is a tour of the money-spinning activities of insects and arachnids
The historian examines how medical knowledge and political force intersect to fight epidemic disease
Societies need all the imagination of science fiction writers to use proven functional skills rather than replicate our own
From carcinogens in processed meat to why we’re hooked on junk snacks — two new books serve up unsettling food for thought
The artist duo’s London show is reopening, after Covid closure, in an intriguing setting at Sir John Soane’s Museum
Fashion photographer-turned-land artist Michel Comte wants to help save the planet through campaigning and art
Simon Ings embarks on a perilous journey through our fascination with the creatures believed to lurk under the ocean waves
The choreographer on how his latest work surveys our spiritual condition under surveillance capitalism
The Japanese artist takes us on a sublime tour through the scales of existence, to a world stripped to its mathematical bones
An exhibition at Tate Modern brings together more than 200 works by an artist whose chosen medium was the audience
Why it’s in our nature to leave life-and-death issues to the last minute
The exhibition debunks the idea that humans are masters of creation, arguing that plants are not ‘less’ — just radically different
A wide-ranging new exhibition in London explores developments in artificial intelligence
The Windermere Jetty museum throws an unfamiliar light on a much-loved landscape
This spiderweb of an exhibition reveals how artists and scientists have conveyed three-dimensional objects on the page
The artist achieves the impossible in her installation of a dreamworld made real
A pairing of the conceptualist’s metaphysical work with Turner’s visions offers majestic works but shines little light on either
Mamou-Mani’s robotic installation offers a radical vision of tomorrow’s cities
The Large Hadron Collider produces intriguing sculptures and installations as well as exotic particles
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