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Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book

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Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book

James Watson’s The Double Helix is probably one of the greatest science books of all time – but Michael Le Page finds he can’t recommend that anyone actually reads it

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What to read this week: Lixing Sun's ambitious On the Origin of Sex

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Michael Pollan: 'Consciousness is really under siege'

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��è��Ƶ recommends the engaging Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal

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The best new popular science books of April 2026

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The best new popular science books of April 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Our verdict on Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt: An inspiring call to action

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Our verdict on Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt: An inspiring call to action

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What to read this week: the persuasive How Flowers Made Our World

We shouldn't dismiss flowers as merely ornamental – these blooms are world-changers, argues a vivid new book by David George Haskell. Michael Marshall is mostly convinced

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The Selfish Gene: Still one of the most thrilling evolution books ever

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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Professor Daisy Fancourt on the life-changing power of the arts

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Rebecca Solnit: 'The great majority of people want climate action'

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