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Chris Stringer鈥檚 research is one big reason why we think humans originated in Africa. Times鈥榮 science editor Clive Cookson at The Royal Institution in London on 5 August at 7 pm BST.
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history of our deadliest predator by Timothy C. Winegard (Dutton) reveals how a small and insubstantial insect triggered the rise and fall of empires, and killed nearly half of humanity in the process.

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at the House of Electronic Arts Basel, Switzerland, is a group exhibition exploring the social and personal challenges of artificial intelligence. Can human and robot minds coexist? If so, at what cost? Ends 11 August.
