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What to read this week: Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi

A fresh and important book reveals the messy reality of our ever-mutating cells – and why the quest to defeat ageing is futile, says Michael Le Page

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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

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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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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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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

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��è��Ƶ recommends documentary Molly vs The Machines

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

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

Fifty years ago, Richard Dawkins shared an irresistible scientific metaphor with the world that modernised and democratised evolutionary biology. Half a century on, The Selfish Gene remains powerfully insightful, finds Rowan Hooper

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

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��è��Ƶ recommends Cirque du Soleil's insect-themed OVO show

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Technology

What to read this week: Katrina Manson's terrifying Project Maven

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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