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In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules. Alexander Mordvintsev showed me two clumps of pixels on ...

The few residents still living in a brutalist estate in south-east London marked for redevelopment have called developers "pure evil" for trying to displace them. A scheme to demolish the Lesnes ...

Games Hideo Kojima says AI could "play a role" in helping ourselves "truly thrive in the 21st century," though he admits the technology devalues art: "Games and art are no longer considered special" ...

The Silt Steampunk ‘Storical Shindig returns Saturday, Sept. 20, after a pandemic pause, bringing Victorian England with a twist of steam-powered imagination back to town. “This is the third one. We ...

J.K. Rowling is once again sparking headlines, this time after the shocking assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The "Harry Potter" author went viral on X (formerly Twitter) with a ...

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We went to Glasgow to meet the London Underground's slightly younger (but still very old) sibling. Glasgow has the third-oldest subway system in the world. Someone from Londonist has been away again, ...