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Promoting Interdisciplinarity, Critical Thinking and Creativity

A centre for research, teaching and public debate about the relationships between those two traditionally opposed spheres of knowledge, the arts and the sciences.

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Literature, Science and Environment at Liverpool

With interests ranging from medieval to contemporary literature, climate change to mental health, we offer an outstanding base for research.

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What science fiction tells us about our trouble with AI

From Asimov to the Matrix. Will Slocombe asks whether sci-fi's depictions of Artificial Intelligence reflect human - not technological - frailties.

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