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Secret Worlds review: Immerse yourself in amazing animal senses

Secret Worlds review: Immerse yourself in amazing animal senses

21 July 2021

From spiders that rebuild their eyes daily to bats that use infrared to detect veins, Secret Worlds, a new book by Martin Stevens, reveals senses that are staggeringly different from our own
How opium, caffeine and mescaline shaped the world – and got us hooked

How opium, caffeine and mescaline shaped the world – and got us hooked

21 July 2021

Michael Pollan's This is Your Mind on Plants explains how the psychoactive plants that produce opium, caffeine and mescaline fuelled innovation, sedatives and even the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade

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