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Two Astronauts wearing Space Suits Standing on Alien Planet and Looking at Something. Futuristic Space Exploration, Discovery and Colonization.

The Moonday Letters review: Genre-busting sci-fi extols hope as a duty

27 July 2022

In Emmi Itäranta's The Moonday Letters, humans have adapted to live off-world. But central to this genre-crashing thrill ride is a reminder that hope is essential
MF0B5A Pharaoh driving a chariot in battle, ancient Egypt. Hand-colored engraving of a bas-relief

Was warfare responsible for the origin of complex civilisation?

24 June 2022

An effort to track global changes in human society over the past 10,000 years concludes that warfare drove an increase in social complexity – but others are unconvinced by the work
The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

24 February 2021

Proto-cities built from 6200 years ago in eastern Europe upend our ideas about when civilisation began and why people made the move from rural to urban living

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