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Flush review: Stop letting human faeces go down the toilet

14 September 2022

Bryn Nelson's extraordinary book asks why we let a vital natural resource, human faeces, get flushed away when we could be using it to heal guts, improve soil and understand our past
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Netflix’s Living With Yourself shows the dangers of perfectionism

6 November 2019

Paul Rudd's character's quest to find a perfect version of himself in Netflix's Living With Yourself - with the help of a dodgy DNA hacking service - explores the dark side of our drive for perfection

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