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Generations review: Zoomer, boomer, millennial – what's your tribe?

14 June 2023

For good or ill, dividing people up along generational lines with names and traits to fit seems hard to resist. What's going on, asks a new book that sets out to find the real differences


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Allergic review: A great guide explores a complex medical mystery

24 May 2023

Our immune systems create responses that end up in full-blown allergies. An engaging memoir-style guide from Theresa MacPhail explains the complex and often elusive medical story


Addicted to Drama: Find out what it means to be called a 'drama queen'

Addicted to Drama: Find out what it means to be called a 'drama queen'

17 May 2023

Is whipping up drama from everyday life down to personality? Or could it be caused by something deeper that warrants investigation? Scott Lyons's new book explores what might fuel those who thrive on the dramatic


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Pathogenesis review: How infectious diseases have moulded civilisation

26 April 2023

From the development of agriculture to the global rise of religions, Jonathan Kennedy's book describes how infectious diseases have been a decisive force in shaping human history


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Impulse review: An authoritative, if dry, sexual behaviours manual

1 February 2023

Impulse: The science of sex and desire by psychiatrists Jon Grant and Samuel Chamberlain delivers on its bid to answer our hidden questions about sex, but it can be a little perfunctory


Attention Span review: A welcome injection of evidence

Attention Span review: A welcome injection of evidence

11 January 2023

Gloria Mark has studied distraction since 2004. Her first book is a valuable guide to how to balance work and well-being in a world increasingly dependent on tech


The Seven-Day Sleep Prescription review: Getting real about sleep

The Seven-Day Sleep Prescription review: Getting real about sleep

7 December 2022

Everyone needs great sleep, but this is tough in a world where other basic needs - like earning a living – jockey for position. Luckily, The Seven-Day Sleep Prescription has new ideas about how to be pragmatic about sleep


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Utama review: An unsettling look at climate change in Bolivia

23 November 2022

The threat of climate change permeates this visually stunning, memorable film about a couple living through drought in the Bolivian highlands


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BBC Earth Podcast review: Get stuck into nature – wherever you find it

26 October 2022

A new season of the BBC Earth Podcast kicks off with Safari, an episode that encourages us to engage with nature, whether it is in the Scottish rainforests or just the scruffy green patch outside your office


The Elon Musk Show review: Searching for the man who is Elon Musk

The Elon Musk Show review: Searching for the man who is Elon Musk

13 October 2022

As Elon Musk becomes wealthier and more powerful, we need to know more about the man whose projects are transforming the world. But as a new documentary shows, it is hard grappling with the reality of someone with such disparate labels as hero, villain,...


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