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Inside China’s robotics revolution
Inside China’s robotics revolution

How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out By Chang Che. Read by …

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Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs
Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs

Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of the culinary world, only for a devastating fire to threaten it all. I joined him in the aftermath…

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From the archive: The high cost of living in a disabling world
From the archive: The high cost of living in a disabling world

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …

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Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI
Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI

I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the …

1 week ago

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35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?
35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?

It costs the UK economy £700m a year, and criminal gangs are operating with near impunity. Every time a lorry gets robbed, raided or hijacked, it’s M…

1 week, 3 days ago

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From the archive: Foreign mothers, foreign tongues: ‘In another universe, she could have been my friend’
From the archive: Foreign mothers, foreign tongues: ‘In another universe, she could have been my friend’

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …

1 week, 5 days ago

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How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution
How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution

When Trump granted white South Africans refugee status, he was echoing a falsehood about Black people taking revenge for years of brutality. But no o…

2 weeks ago

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AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gav…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

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From the archive: Freedom without constraints: how the US squandered its cold war victory
From the archive: Freedom without constraints: how the US squandered its cold war victory

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

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My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’
My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’

I suffered with my mystery illness for decades before gaining a diagnosis. Could retraining my brain be the answer? By Hermione Hoby. Read by Alby Ba…

3 weeks ago

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