Tom Chivers

The shape of things to come – from artificial wombs to suicide coffins

In our increasingly unnatural world, says Jenny Kleeman, we may soon be relying on lab-grown meat for food and sex robots for company

Sex dolls are still in their infancy — but for how much longer? Getty Images 
issue 18 July 2020
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  • Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex and Death

    Jenny Kleeman

    Picador, pp. 368, £16

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