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Top storySocietyThe GuardianOct 11, 9:22 PM

Feelgood factor of human interaction | Brief letters

Happy hormones | Fuel costs | Drive-in parking | Guys and girls | Young or old? | Singapore pollution Re your report ( ‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms, 6 October ), the US neuroscientist Ben Rein has shown that there is a fundamental differenc

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SocietyThe GuardianOct 11, 2:30 PM

Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation | Simon Tisdall

This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing ‘end times’ closer by the day Humankind has fearfully and sometimes joyfully anticipated the end of the world ever since it began. The Bible’s Book of Revelation speaks of “end time

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