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A vast history of information

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Reasons to be cheerful about the future

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E. O. Wilson: Why I wrote a novel – about ants

E. O. Wilson: Why I wrote a novel – about ants

Books & Arts

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Review: Boyle: Between God and science

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Review: Pythagoras' Revenge by Arturo Sangalli

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Review: <i>An Edible History of Humanity</i> by Tom Standage

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Review: An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage

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Review: <i>Beyond Uncertainty</i> by David C Cassidy

Review: Beyond Uncertainty by David C Cassidy

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Review: <i>Angels and Ages</i> by Adam Gopnik

Life

Review: Angels and Ages by Adam Gopnik

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Review: <i>Is God a Mathematician?</i> by Mario Livio

Review: Is God a Mathematician? by Mario Livio

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Review: The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern by Keith Devlin

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Review: Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic by Ingrid D. Rowland

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Review: The Undercover Scientist, by Peter J. Bentley

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