Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous 01. May 2026 (11:35) Silvia Park, author of the May read for the New Scientist Book Club, reveals how a book that was originally intended to be for children took a darker route following a death in the family(New Scientist)
Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park 01. May 2026 (11:35) In this extract from Luminous, the May read for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet a mysterious robot discovered in a salvage yard in Seoul, in a future reunified Korea(New Scientist)
NatWest faces £140m hit from Iran war as UK growth slows and inflation rises 01. May 2026 (11:31) Profits ahead of expectations but almost half of £283m impairment charge follows forecast reassessmentBusiness live – latest updatesNatWest said the economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East could cost it £140m amid slowing growth and rising inflation even as it reported profits ahead of expectations.Overall, the FTSE 100 lender booked a £283m impairment charge and said that almost half of that was because of a reassessment of its economic forecast to “reflect increased geopolitical risk and weaker equity markets”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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