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Hacking the body: the scientific counter-culture of the DIYbio movement

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imageA biohack event called Rock’n Roll BioTech, held at Aalto University in Helsinki, brings people together to learn about the fundamentals of molecular life-sciences outside of conventional circles. GaudiLabs

Science and biology are slowly, but smoothly, being co-opted by a DIY approach that’s looking an awful lot like the start of the...

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My struggle is yours: why failure is the new literary success

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imageKarl Ove Knausgaard's work strives deliberately towards constructing "real" experience – with all the failure that entails. editrrix

What happens when novelists actively incorporate the idea of failure in their books?

We generally understand failure as a negative attribute, particularly when looking at politics, the economy – and, yes,...

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